Researchers have introduced a novel approach to studying social behavior in rats using a robotic pal. A team from the Beijing Institute of Technology has created an AI-trained robotic rat capable of ...

Around the world, animal-like robots are being built to help society. Here at OHIO, one Russ College of Engineering and ...

Explore 15 real-world innovations where animal biology inspired modern technology, from robots to raincoats and more.

For a while, as part of a research project on care robots in Sweden, I had Paro the seal in my house. I had borrowed Paro from a roboticist colleague, and the seal had a longer-than-planned layover ...

Animals at Edinburgh Zoo have been meeting an unusual new pal - a robot created to allow sick children to see animals up ...

We already use dogs and monkeys as service animals to help people with disabilities, so why not use robots as well? Researchers at Georgia Tech have combined RFID tags, long-distance scanners, and a ...

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A visualization of Tiktaalik roseae, an extinct aquatic animal with fossils that shed light on the evolution of land animals from marine animals millions of years ago. Nobu Tamura via Wikimedia ...