A study using a robotic crab has revealed how male fiddler crabs compete for mates. These crustaceans vie for the attention of females. The male fiddler crabs use their one oversized claw to attract ...

A robot posing as a tough male crab recently challenged real crabs to a showdown during mating season — and the videos are hilarious. The robot, nicknamed "Wavy Dave," infiltrated fiddler crab (Afruca ...

A robot crab called "Wavy Dave" has helped scientists learn about crab mating behaviors. Male fiddler crabs have one oversized claw, which they use to attract females by standing outside their burrow ...

Scientists apparently underestimated the aggression of itty-bitty male fiddler crabs when they deployed a friendly robot version during mating season. In a paper published in the journal Proceedings ...

Fiddler crabs use their large claws to wave down females and didn’t take kindly to a robot newcomer in Portugal. Joe A. Wilde Like many people around the world, animal behavior researcher Joe Wilde ...

On the outskirts of downtown Cleveland, inside bright laboratories and crystal-clear tanks, scientists and engineers are transforming years of research into amphibious robotic creatures that can clamp ...