Rocky, a mechanical "robo-squirrel," at Hampshire College in Amherst, Mass., is shown on duty on the campus Tuesday, April 15, 2008. In back is Sarah Partan, Hampshire assistant professor of animal ...
Move over, Mars rover — a new reptilian robot may one day crawl the Red Planet’s barren surface instead, all in the name of exploration. Researchers at China’s Nanjing University of Aeronautics and ...
AMHERST, Mass. -- One gray squirrel, its bushy tail twitching, barked a warning as another scrounged for food nearby. It was an ordinary spring day at Hampshire College, except that the rodent issuing ...
Robot critters also can help researchers discover how far a species can be pushed beyond its survival instincts. Researchers at the Free University of Brussels, for instance, found that fake roaches ...