While their hardened forewings – called elytra – are driven actively by their own muscles, little was known about how the bug deploys ... the insect world for robot design.

Sales of a micro-robotic toy from Innovation First Inc. may exceed 750,000 in its first eight months, but it took creative design improvements ... a Hexbug creature can crawl, sense and avoid ...

[Related: Watch this bird-like robot make a graceful landing on its perch.] In demonstration videos, a 3D-printed harness is ostensibly lassoed around the pill bug using either one or two flexible ...

Creature Commandos is finally here ... With a charming design that feels friendly despite being literally a robot as well as some “quirks” that make the character endearing, G.I. Robot ...