Switzerland’s Bio-Inspired-Robotics Lab was inspired by spiders. From the way the spindly eight-legged creatures create draglines to how they use their spinnerets to navigate, researchers Liyu Wang, ...

Construction robots are no longer a far-off idea. They're already changing job sites by tackling repetitive, heavy, and often dangerous tasks. The latest robot comes from Australia, where a ...

A new generation of medical robots, inspired by nature, promises to navigate the most remote recesses of the human body. Their flexible design and magnetic guidance open up unprecedented prospects for ...

Gastrointestinal cancers rank among the deadliest in the world, yet they often grow in places doctors struggle to reach. If you have ever heard someone describe an endoscopy as painful or ...

A tiny spider inspired soft robot designed at the University of Macau can roll, climb, and even move upside down inside the digestive tract. Guided by magnetic fields and real time imaging, it may one ...