This causes the dead spider to act like a robot gripper, just like you might see on an skill tester arcade machine. Researchers worked with wolf spiders, and began by euthanizing them in cold ...

We’ll admit it is a bit of a gimmick, but [Adam Beedle’s] Spider-Bot did make us smile. The little robot can launch a “web” and use it to swing. It is hard to picture, but the video below ...