They’ve figured out how to turn a dead spider into a useful robotic gripper. Scientists and engineers have long held reverence for the achievements of the natural world. Tiny insects are capable ...

To simplify matters, researchers at Johns Hopkins University's Terradynamics Laboratory are building crouching spider robots and testing them on synthetic webs. The results provide evidence for ...

Jumping robot spiders and swarms of robotic bees sounds like the stuff of science fiction, but researchers at The University of Manchester are already working on such projects and aiming to lead the ...

Who doesn’t love robotic spiders? Today’s biomimetic robot comes in the form of Miles, the quadruped spider robot from [_Robox]. Miles uses twelve servos to control its motion, three on each ...

Based in Kyoto’s Kamigyo Ward, the company has already created several compact robots that can fit themselves ... of the series and resembles a blocky spider. Its eight legs enhance its ...