Most people would see a dead spider and discard the insect. A couple of engineers at Rice University had other ideas.The engineers at the Houston university recently unveiled a study outlining how ...

HOUSTON (KXAN) — Dead spiders can be repurposed for robotics. Yes, you read that right. Rice University mechanical engineers are manipulating dead spiders’ legs with air to use them as mechanical ...

While we've seen a number of robotic grippers inspired by various animals, US scientists have now taken a much more "direct" approach. They've devised a method of using actual dead spiders to ...

Most people would see a dead spider and discard the insect. A couple of engineers at Rice University had other ideas. The engineers at the Houston university recently unveiled a study outlining how ...