Few robotic toys are as endearing in their efforts as the creations known as Hexbugs. A line of animal-like robots from Texas based Innovation First, Hexbugs mimic some of the characteristics of their ...

I bought a crab-shaped HEX BUG from Bandai and tried to move it because the new product of insect-type robot "HEX BUG" series will be released on Saturday, August 9. It is just a crab itself ...

This may be the tiniest robot you’ve ever seen. Shaped like a peekytoe crab, it’s a half-millimeter across and it can crawl, jump, bend, and twist through tiny apertures. The edge of a coin ...

"There are a few toy robots on the market that look a lot like real crabs, but this robot is very different because it is built like a crab and walks like one." Mr Gage hopes to develop the design ...

The robot resembles a tiny crab and measures just a half-millimeter wide. It can "bend, twist, crawl, walk, turn and even jump," according to a university news release. Footage released by ...

The next time you feel a bug crawl across your skin, have no fear—it might just be a tiny robot crab. (Okay, maybe you can have some fear.) Engineers at Northwestern University have unveiled a ...

The tiny Pacific mole crab (Emerita analoga) has a unique talent, in that it can burrow straight down into the sand using its flexible legs. An experimental new robot copies that capability ...

CNN Labs explores the latest innovations around the world to showcase cutting-edge designs and groundbreaking research in science and technology. Monsters of the deep will have a man-made horror ...

While efforts like the Ocean Cleanup attempt to deal with plastic waste near or on the surface, researchers in Italy are developing a robot to clear ... walking garbage man. And it took it's ...