Watch how to create a walking robotic spider using basic components, perfect for a fun science project or exploring robotics at home. Make Toys. Building a Walking Spider Robot with Unique Steps.

That spider you squished? It could have been used for science! Today, we're bringing you Halloween a little early – Short Wave style! Host Regina G. Barber talks to Anil Oza about the scientists ...

The robot is inspired by a spider’s design while also taking some inspiration from geckos. The Magnecko uses electro-permanent magnet modules on its four feet, allowing it to walk easily on ...

It’s honestly tough to imagine anyone selling dead wolf spiders at scale, but they’re surprisingly robust, going through around 1,000 open-close cycles before their joints start to break down.

As if the robot uprising wasn’t inevitable enough, scientists engineered a spider-like bot that can quickly scurry up walls using magnetic feet.. In a study published Dec. 14 in the journal ...

Grippers made from dead spiders. For some, this might sound like a horror movie. For others, it's a fascinating mashup of robotics and the natural world.

The little spider-bots also have 360-degree vision thanks to an array of very spidey-like camera eyes. In Tmsuk’s video below, the tiny machines are in action.

A spider's leg is quite simple. Researchers have now created an artificial robot leg that is based on that of a pumpkin spider. A team of scientists from the Italian Institute of Technology at the ...