A lizard-like robot and other devices relying on artificial intelligence could soon be major military game changers, according to a defense expert investing in the tech. The devices include a drone ...

MILITARY GAME-CHANGER: A lizard-like robot and other devices relying on artificial intelligence could soon be major military game changers, according to a defense expert investing in the tech.

Whereas the lizard utilizes tiny hair-like footpad structures called setae, however, Magnecko uses special electro-permanent magnet modules developed at ETH's Robotic Systems Lab. Each module is made ...

Robot critters also can help researchers discover how far a species can be pushed beyond its survival instincts. Researchers at the Free University of Brussels, for instance, found that fake roaches ...

Cotton is one of the most valuable crops grown in the U.S., with a harvest value of some US$7 billion yearly. It is cultivated across a crescent of 17 states stretching from Virginia to California and ...

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then the natural world should be positively humbled by the current state of robotics. We have flying robots that mimic birds. We have leaping robots ...

Rocky, a mechanical "robo-squirrel," at Hampshire College in Amherst, Mass., is shown on duty on the campus Tuesday, April 15, 2008. In back is Sarah Partan, Hampshire assistant professor of animal ...