A soft robotic arm, based on an octopus arm, might be able to get food, water or a cell phone down to someone trapped under ...

Researchers have compiled the first complete catalog of octopus arm movements from 25 wild octopuses filmed in their natural habitats.

Octopuses, renowned for their intelligence and unique arm dexterity, are inspiring robotics innovation. Researchers have ...

Wild octopus arm movements reveal extraordinary control, offering insights that may transform robotics design and lifesaving ...

Soon, a flexible octopus-like robot could be completely free of wires or internal electronics. Engineers at Rice University have unveiled a new soft robotic arm controlled by laser beams.

When octopuses move across the seafloor, they can use multiple arms to camouflage from predators. These strong arms are also ...

Octopus arms are one of the most flexible structures known in all of the biological world. Their agility is so extraordinary ...

Octopus arms perform thousands of precise actions using just four basic movements, offering lessons for soft robotics, prosthetics, and medicine.

Octopuses can use any of their arms to perform tasks, but tend to use a particular arm, or arms, for specific tasks. This ...

The cephalopods appear to favor using their front arms, according to a new study, though their back arms help with locomotion ...

In order to function safely alongside human workers, robotic arms shouldn't be hard and unyielding. An experimental new arm was designed with that fact in mind, as it mimics soft n' squishy elephant ...

Scientists from Florida Atlantic University and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution have finally unveiled this secret through in-depth analysis of octopus arm movements. This research not only ...