Humans have worked alongside animals for centuries. So why are we so obsessed with comparing robots to ourselves?

Using a reference motion clip recorded of an animal, the framework uses reinforcement learning to train a control policy that enables a robot to imitate the motion in the real world.

Boston Dynamics stated that after Spot unlocked the high-difficulty skill of performing continuous backflips, it also brought ...

Robot/animal relations aren't always this cordial. One study, conducted by researchers at Waseda University in Tokyo, used a 24cm robotic rat to attack real rats. Why? To make them depressed.

With robots, researchers can tease apart factors, such as a fish’s size and its experience, that are inextricably linked in real animals.

Researchers at Virginia Tech are developing a way to use computer algorithms and sensors to help robot animals move more naturally like their real-life counterparts. Kaveh Hamed and his colleagues ...

Machinery in the robot animals simulates the body parts of their real-life counterparts. In the robot animals, muscles become pistons, intestines become filtering pipes and brains become computer.

Robot dogs can move efficiently, but not all that naturally -- and no, twerking doesn't count. Virginia Tech researchers think they can do better. They're developing a combination of algorithms ...

A robot imitating real-world animals for navigation is a significant solution for planetary exploration, agriculture, and infrastructure inspection.

Using biomimicry, researchers have convinced real fish to follow a robot. Understanding how to build robotic leaders could help scientists engineer Pied Pipers, to lead animals away from danger.