When scientists deposited “Wavy Dave” the robot crab on a mudflat in Portugal, they hoped to learn more about how males compete for mates by waving their huge claws. But the little machine was ...

Scientists apparently underestimated the aggression of itty-bitty male fiddler crabs when they deployed a friendly robot ...

Scientists at the University of Exeter have created a robotic crab, nicknamed Wavy Dave, to understand how male fiddler crabs ...

Armed with a 3D-printed crustacean chassis and an ego the size of its oversized claw, Wavy Dave strutted onto the mudflats of ...

Between May and July 2022, Wilde and his team created “Wavy Dave,” an artificial fiddler crab with a robotic claw that could wave back and forth. It was placed in the Ria Formosa Natural Park in the ...

Using a 3D robotic crab, researchers found male fiddler crabs adjust their courtship signals based on the size and behavior of nearby rivals.

Anyone who ever met Wavy Dave and lived to tell the tale—which is, in point of fact, everyone who has ever met Wavy Dave—would tell you about his claw. It was big, that’s for certain, but this was not ...

Folks are strapping on the goggles and headsets and stepping into a world like no other at the newly opened Sandbox VR in ...

Within the last two years, months of community action led to the Army Corps sending a crew to get rid of soil contaminated with oil along with parts of the structure.

Male fiddler crabs have one oversized claw, which they use to attract females by standing outside their burrow and waving.

W avy Dave the robot crustacean has been showing scientists how male fiddler crabs respond when they see a fellow crab waving ...

Researchers have built a robot crab that can compete in claw-waving displays with real fiddler crabs, but "Wavy Dave" doesn't ...