[Eric Gregori] recently spent some time messing around with a Hexbug Spider, and wrote in to share some modifications he made to the toy. In its unaltered form the robot can be controlled remotely ...

This causes the dead spider to act like a robot gripper, just like you might see on an skill tester arcade machine. Researchers worked with wolf spiders, and began by euthanizing them in cold ...

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