In India's southern state of Kerala, robotic elephants are replacing live ones in temple festivals. Rising concerns about ...

India is witnessing a unique shift in temple traditions as robotic elephants are being introduced in some Kerala temples as ...

Real guppies respond to Robofish—a 3D-printed plastic model with a vaguely realistic paint job—as if it were a real schoolmate. Researchers used different-sized Robofish to show that guppy schools ...

A robotic rat learned how to befriend real rats using AI. The wheeled rat was designed to provide companionship for lab rats, which can live pretty secluded and lonely lives. The robots have movements ...

The new man-made creatures come after rising concerns about abuse and a number dangerous incidents involving the animals.

Contrary to common assumptions, pigeons do not lock their eyes in place during flight. Instead, they make slow, subtle eye ...

The animatrons, crafted from fibreglass, iron and rubber, are intended to take the place of live elephants in Hindu temples.

The latest TED talk feels a few years ahead of its time. Featuring Markus Fischer, the head of corporate design for German tech company Festo, the video shows what appears to be a sort of stiff ...

Researchers have developed an Artificial Intelligence (AI) system that enables a four-legged robot to adapt its gait to different, unfamiliar terrain, just like a real animal, in what is believed to ...