A six-year-old boy was attacked by an octopus at the San Antonio Aquarium, leaving the boy with “hickeys” covering his arm after the child reached into a touch tank. How did the sea animals let it go?

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (Jan. 31, 2013) -- Natural disasters like earthquakes, hurricanes and tsunamis can unveil points of weakness in man-made infrastructure, and now robots are being called in ...

Fragile object: a clingfish-inspired suction cup lifts a vase underwater. (Courtesy: University of California, San Diego) By mimicking how a tiny fish clings to rocks and other objects, researchers in ...

Recent improvements to suction-cup designs have made them even more capable, especially for fast-operating machines that handle slippery parts. Companies in the highly automated metal-fabricating ...