Rocky, the "robo-squirrel," in residence at Hampshire College in Amherst, Mass., is shown at the office of assistant professor of animal behavior Sarah Partan Tuesday, April 15, 2008. Behind him is a ...

AMHERST, Mass. — One gray squirrel, its bushy tail twitching, barked a warning as another scrounged for food nearby. It was an ordinary spring day at Hampshire College, except that the rodent issuing ...

I love me a bio-inspired robot that pulls off challenging feats by taking cues from the natural world. University of California, Berkeley (UCB) researchers have now shown off the one-legged Salto bot ...

A leaping robot could have application in search and rescue, construction, even forest monitoring. But how do you design a robot to stick a landing on a branch or pipe? Biologists worked with robot ...