A rescue robot must have the mobility and balance to go where humans cannot. One of the best contenders has emerged in the shape of a jumping spider that bears an eerie resemblance to Mother ...

The secret is in the six-legged design: Two pairs of three legs keeps the robot stable even as it attempts some pretty unusual stunts. Scientists hope robots like these might be used in rescue ...

In its current iteration, the robot spider knows the position of the hooks and pegs in its surroundings and uses them to craft a pre-programmed design.

Thankfully, the spider bot creators at Roboeve spent more time watching cartoons instead of science fiction when they created Xpider, the world’s smallest programmable robotic spider.

Harvard University's new peacock spider robot is less than an inch long, and it has some amazing properties.

Moju ZhaoListen, we’re all big fans of science here—but sometimes, science gets it wrong. Case in point: Japanese engineers have created an utterly creepy robot spider that’s also capable of ...

Roboticists are envisioning a future in which soft, animal-inspired robots could be safely deployed in difficult-to-access natural and man-made environments, such as in delicate surgical ...