The field of paleo-inspired robotics is opening up a new way to turn back time and studying prehistoric animals.

Nearly a dozen miles off the California coast on a foggy October morning, a crane lifts a boxy yellow robot off the deck ... but real lifeforms that look like nothing found on land.

In 26 seconds, the AI designed a blueprint for a robot "that looks nothing like any animal that has ever walked the earth," Kriegman added. The AI began with a small rubber block and modeled ...

While exploring how best to design robots that use tails to reorient their bodies in midair, a team of researchers at the University of Michigan and University of California San Diego found that ...