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

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

The male fiddler crabs use their one oversized claw to attract females, waving it with a frantic energy outside their burrows ...

In the new study, a robot crab—nicknamed Wavy Dave—waved its claw on a mudflat teeming with male fiddler crabs. The paper, ...

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

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

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 ...

Fiddler crabs are small crabs found in the tidal zones in northern Australia. The males have a large yellow claw which can be used as a weapon. In the breeding season, males gather and wave their ...