Spiders: some people think they're cool, but most people want to squish them with a rolled up magazine. But before you start swatting, just make sure that eight-legged creature isn't a realistic--and ...

If you’re not a fan of spiders, you may want to look away now. Scientists from Festo have designed a robotic spider that can walk or roll up into a ball and somersault. The robot, dubbed ...

For all flack that Spider-Man gets in his own fictional universe (particularly the 2007 film rendition…), there’s no denying that the ability to climb up walls is something we’re all fascinated by. So ...

Festo is a German engineering firm that has created a series of nature-inspired robots that capture the grace of the animals they mimic. For example, take a look at the herring gull robot Electronics ...

Linux is ubiquitous these days. It powers large-scale HPC systems and small embedded devices—from space to underground. And although it's quite easy (to some degree) to build an unmanned device like a ...

What's better than a spider-like robot? One you build yourself. A group of Croatian developers have a new Indiegogo campaign for STEMI, a robot-like, smartphone-controlled cyborg. STEMI, a play on ...

With great power comes great Spider-Man robotic responsibility. Spider-Man is swinging his way to Disney’s California Adventure Park's new Avengers Campus this summer. Guests will apparently be able ...

One of them had legs and ‘to be honest, looked a little scary’ — Professor Pietro Valdastri is describing one of his designs for a miniature robot capable of navigating its way through a human body, ...

Robot arms and grippers do important work every hour of every day. They’re used in production lines around the world, toiling virtually ceaselessly outside of their designated maintenance windows.

Jared is a writer, editor, and Communications Studies graduate who loves popular nerd culture (almost anything to do with Marvel, DC, Star Wars, or The Lord of the Rings) and the interactive ...