A robot crab called "Wavy Dave" has helped scientists learn about crab mating behaviors. Male fiddler crabs have one oversized claw, which they use to attract females by standing outside their burrow ...

With all the doom and gloom over the inevitable robot apocalypse, we’ve at least been able to take solace in the fact that we’ll see them coming—until today. Researchers from Northwestern University ...

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Scientists apparently underestimated the aggression of itty-bitty male fiddler crabs when they deployed a friendly robot version during mating season. In a paper published in the journal Proceedings ...