WASHINGTON --The latest revolutionary robot isn’t the metallic, costly machine you’d expect: It’s squishy like Silly Putty, wireless, battery-less and made for pennies by a 3D printer. Meet Octobot.

The latest addition to a growing menagerie of octopus-robots has a lot going for it: It’s small, completely squishy, it doesn’t need a battery — and it farts. The adorable palm-sized robot is the work ...

Stephanie Bush is a researcher working to classify a particular species of deep-sea octopus. A small, squishy, "fragile," and very cute type of species. A species so disarmingly cute that Bush might ...

When we think of robots, we tend to think of rigid Terminator-type machines, but scientists have developed the first squishy robot made entirely from soft, flexible parts. The so-called "octobot", ...

(CBS News) If you think all robots have to be clanking, metal machines, think again. According to the Pentagon and Harvard University, the future of robotics may be soft and squishy. The two ...

Hollywood movies have used giant squids and octopi to inspire underwater nightmares for decades. But Festo, a German company that makes industrial machinery, has realized that an octopus’ amazing ...

Can I get real for a second? I love soft robots. These squishy mechanoids have all the cool factor of being, you know, robots, plus a whole host of squish-related superpowers. They're less likely to ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Stephanie Bush, the scientist studying the species at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, confirmed that the animal in the video was indeed the “adorabilis” species she’s researching. “It is ...

NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. — And the winner is....Squishy! The Aquarium of Niagara announced the winning choice out of three possible names for its new female Pacific red octopus. The top vote getter ...