Watching this robotic snake almost effortlessly slither its way up a pole and onto this researcher’s arm leads to one obvious conclusion—this research must be stopped. Like immediately. Robotic ...

Snakes and ladders used to be a board game, now it's an integral part of our shared robot dystopian future. Can't wait! Mark Serrels is an award-winning Senior Editorial Director focused on all things ...

Snails are great at climbing vertical surfaces, even though they have just a single wet suction-cup foot. A new robot climbs walls by mimicking that simple yet effective mechanism, although thankfully ...

Quadrotor drones can perform all sorts of tasks from monitoring air quality to performing surveillance. The catch is that the limited battery life means that they can only perform their assigned tasks ...