The inspiration came from the octopus’s remarkable suction cups, which allow it to grip everything from smooth rocks to soft ...

A new robotic suction cup that can grasp rough ... The team, based at Bristol Robotics Laboratory, studied the structures of octopus biological suckers, which have superb adaptive suction ...

Is the giant Pacific octopus dangerous to humans? Why would it want to target a diver and his equipment deep in the ocean?

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology pharmacist Jean-Christophe Leroux and his colleagues have found inspiration from an unlikely source, however: an octopus. “The suction cup in the octopus is ...