German industrial automation company Festo adds another creature to its freaky robotic zoo: The OctopusGripper. Octopus tentacles are what’s called a “muscular hydrostat.” Your tongue is one of these, ...

You’ve heard of plant-based burgers, vegan nuggets, and perhaps even fish-free tuna. But whole cut meat-free octopus tentacles, with ‘distinct suckers’ to boot? The reason you likely haven’t come ...

Robots exploring the ocean floor today use pre-programmed movements, centralized processors, and rigid structures to do their work. But the sea is unpredictable, and that architecture struggles ...

As a creature with no skeleton that’s composed almost entirely of soft muscle, the octopus is pretty fascinating. It’s extremely agile and can squeeze through the smallest of cracks, turn sharply in ...

When you think of robots, you probably imagine something silver, mechanical, or some kind of humanoid android. What you probably don't picture is a long, flexible tentacle complete with suction cups.