(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have developed a tank-like robot that has the ability to scale smooth walls, opening up a series of applications ranging from inspecting pipes, buildings, aircraft and ...

Taking a cue from nature and perhaps Geico, researchers at Simon Fraser University Burnaby have created a gecko-inspired robot, the Timeless Belt Climbing Platform (TBCP-II), capable of climbing ...

All was quiet in the reptile room of Ron Peteroy’s Staten Island home one recent Wednesday morning, save the soft chirp of a few doomed crickets. But in and around the hundreds of glass tanks and ...