However, animals still drastically outperform robots along pretty much every performance dimension we can consider. We used agility, range and robustness, but you might imagine others as well. This ...

Controlled by an Arduino Uno, the robot uses a Slamtec RPLIDAR sensor to help map out its surroundings. The microcontroller is also armed with a Bluetooth link and an SD card for storage.

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Dolphins aren’t the only robot animals that exist. For 10 years, Jurassic Forest, a theme park near Edmonton, has been offering a glimpse of what hanging out with a dinosaur might be like.

Wearable technology might still be a tough sell for humans. But farmers are embracing wearable devices for animals that help monitor livestock and allow robots to help care for them.

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To understand why, and quantify how, robots lag behind animals, an interdisciplinary team of scientists and engineers from leading research universities completed a detailed study of various aspects ...