Here's a sad thought for you: The rat robot (ratbot?) in the photo above was created solely to bully real rats until they're depressed. This might sound like the work of a sadistic behavioral ...

In an astonishing blend of robotics and nature, SMEO—a robot rat designed by researchers in China and Germany — is fooling real rats into treating it like one of their own. What sets SMEO apart is its ...

A study revealed that rats form mental maps of locations associated with threats and revisit these places in their minds when showing signs of anxiety. The research done by a team at the University of ...

An AI-powered robotic rat has made friends with a real rodent in a scientific breakthrough. The life-size robotic rat has wheels instead of legs and does not have a tail, but it does have a plastic ...

This past week saw an intriguing confluence of multiple disciplines, in the form a new artificial stingray model its creators call a "living robot," and an unconventional means of studying the human ...

Nature-technology transfers: from artisanry to industry -- Structures -- Processes -- Materials -- From automata to animats -- Effective actuators -- Amazing Sensors ...