An Australian researcher is combining the brain of a rat and the eyes of a human to make an intelligent robot that can see where it is and where it needs to go. On a computer, at least.

Israeli scientists have recently implanted an artificial robotic brain into the skull of a rat with damaged brain. The artificial brain is an electronic micro-chip which can receive and transmit ...

Moreover, it has a bionic spine, which gives the robot flexibility to move in a variety of ways, similar to a real rat. It can bend and twist, allowing for natural-looking movements.

In an astonishing blend of robotics and nature, SMEO—a robot rat designed by researchers in China and Germany — is fooling real rats into treating it like one of their own. What sets SMEO ...

Chinese scientists said they have developed a robot rat that they hope can be used in post-disaster rescue missions. They said the rat can squeeze through narrow spaces, climb slopes, get over ...

Robeauté’s robots are the size of a grain of rice and are introduced to the brain through a tiny burr hole, 3mm wide. The microrobots are then able to move through the brain’s extracellular ...