This thin robotic skin looks like could have been flayed straight from an octopus. As it warps, bends, and stretches to five times its original size, it senses pressure and makes a rainbow of ...

NEWPORT – At first, the camera shows only a tank inhabited by sea stars and anemones. Then a shadow falls across the water. There's a flash of pink, then a slithering arm curling and uncurling over ...

The fiery red octopus raises its tentacles in readiness to pounce on the 3rd graders at Sullivan School. Children in Maureen Sandstrom’s classroom feign panic. Then they step inside the 7-foot-high, ...

Imagine a wearable smartphone that could bend and stretch with your body, all while displaying a glittering array of colors. That's the eventual goal of this new octopus-inspired robotic "skin" from ...

Scientists from Cornell University and the Italian Technology Institute in Pontedera have developed an elastic robotic skin that is able to stretch up to five times its size, change colors, and even ...

image: A robotic arm that can bend, stretch and squeeze through cluttered environments has been created by a group of researchers from Italy. Inspired by the eight arms of the octopus, the device has ...