A cat nuzzling against your leg or a dog resting its head on your lap can melt away the day’s stress. But what if a robot ...

(Scientific term: “facial pareidolia”) [Rongzhong Li] built a robot sensor array with multiple ... When he looked at his sensor array, he saw the face of a cat looking back at him.

A cat-like exploration robot could one day scramble over the surface of asteroids using a unique movement system designed to keep it in motion even in the most extreme conditions. Scientists ...