A spider-like construction robot designed in Australia is edging toward a role that once belonged only in science fiction: ...

It was the terrain itself that was the enemy.” That candid assessment from one Portuguese reforestation leader sparked one of ...

Engineers at Switzerland's ETH Zurich research institute have created an intriguing and impressive little robot that they call the Magnecko. The robot is inspired by a spider's design while also ...

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Robot arms and grippers do important work every hour of every day. They’re used in production lines around the world, toiling virtually ceaselessly outside of their designated maintenance windows.

If you happened to find a dead spider somewhere around your home—no questions or judgments about how the critter met its end, of course—you might notice it curled up, with its eight legs no longer ...

YouTubers are known for their larger-than-life persona and over-the-top shenanigans. And this time, content creator Hacksmith Industries just created something unprecedented and unexpected in the form ...

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is a senior reporter who has covered AI, robotics, and more for eight years at The Verge. Why bother to design your own robots when you can just reuse what nature created? This was the thought process ...

Robots are cool, so check out [Atlin Anderson]’s Spiderbot (video, embedded below) which can be made with 3D printed parts, hobby servos, and ESP32-CAM module for control and a first-person view.

In October 2025, a Facebook post (archived) about an unusual finding spread across the platform. According to the post, scientists discovered robotic micro spiders from the comet 3I/ATLAS in ...