Scientists regularly draw ideas from the natural world in a bid to improve robotic performance, and when it comes to soft robots that swim, motion in the ocean is a rich source of inspiration. The ...

At first glance, the HMR looks like something straight out of a science fiction movie. Picture a spherical cage that can move on its own omnidirectional path, effortlessly rolling across the ground.

An insect-inspired robot that only weighs as much as a raisin can perform acrobatics and fly for much longer than any ...

A robot butterfly demonstrated what the future of wildlife could look like. Footage shows a woman assembling the wings of the automaton, perched atop a small artificial flower arrangement in Chongqing ...

Imagine a robot that can transform between "flying drone" and "wheeled rover" configurations. It could potentially be quite useful, but only if it works in real-world conditions. The ATMO bot was ...

A team of researchers from North Carolina State University created a robot inspired by the manta ray, as reported by TechCrunch. A Manta ray swims in a pool of the Grand Aquarium in Saint-Malo, ...

To improve the next generation of insect-size flying machines, Johns Hopkins engineers have been aiming high-speed video cameras at some of the prettiest bugs on the planet. By figuring out how ...