If it looks like a dog, walks like a dog, and barks like a dog, it's a robot built to spy on real dogs by making those dogs trust it so much they don't realize their entire lives are being recorded.

The death of a spy is rarely newsworthy, due to the secrecy surrounding it. But when a white beluga whale suspected of spying for Moscow was found dead in Norwegian waters in September, the animal ...

The melting spy robot is what scientists refer to as a soft ... including delivering medicine to wild animals and even cancer-fighting robots that can travel to specific parts of the body.

A robotic tortoise that was created by John Downer Productions was sent to spy on a family of chimpanzees. While doing its job, the tortoise found itself adopted by one juvenile of the troop who ...

Many of the robotic systems developed in the past decades are inspired by four-legged (i.e., quadruped) animals, such as dogs ...

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Florida Tech students are developing a robotic manatee ... And they suspect that when their cyber sea-cow spy "comes in from the cold," it will yield insights into how to better protect the ...

“Shut up!” I crossed my arms. “Besides, I don’t think she’s a real cow. I think she’s a robot spy disguised as a cow.” Ollie whipped around. “Oh, c’mon.” “There’s no point ...