A pet dog sits on command, but nobody expects an insect to follow human instructions. So it may come as a surprise to learn that researchers recently succeeded in controlling cockroaches with tiny ...

Ádám Miklósi and Judit Abdai have compiled a groundbreaking book on how the study of animal behavior is shaping the future of social robots In a groundbreaking exploration of the synergy between ...

In the late 2000s and early 2010s, neurogeneticist Vivek Kumar, then a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, screened thousands of randomly mutagenized mice.

Recent advances in accelerometry have transformed the field of animal ecology by enabling the continuous monitoring of fine-scale movement and behaviour in free-ranging species. Accelerometers, often ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Kamilo Melo was building a robot shaped like a salamander for his Ph.D. in 2015 when an unexpected assignment came knocking on his door. Two ...

The ENOR E1 pet care robot allows you to keep a check on your pets, interact with them, and even dispense treats with an ...