The octopus has inspired much technological innovation, and with good reason. This cephalopod is dexterous underwater, can camouflage itself, has well-developed vision, muscular arms, sensory suction ...

Wild octopus arm movements reveal extraordinary control, offering insights that may transform robotics design and lifesaving ...

University of Iowa researchers have reported a key advance in the ease of flow and maneuverability for underwater vehicles.

The series, helmed by James Cameron, explores just how intelligent an octopus can be, using state-of-the-art technology. How the scientific community captured “firsts” when filming octopus. Cameras ...

In a bid to detect unknown environments, a Chinese team created an octopus-inspired flexible robotic arm capable of sensing and manipulating objects in confined spaces and underwater. This was ...

In the vein of marine animals inspiring design, I offer today the octopus-cum-robot. I kid not. After discovering in March that some octopus species use two of their eight arms to "walk" along the ...

A silicon chip that mimics the structure and function of an octopus retina may give sight to autonomous robots for space and undersea exploration, and in hazardous environments. The O-retina chip, ...