AMHERST, Mass. — One gray squirrel, its bushy tail twitching, barked a warning as another scrounged for food nearby. It was an ordinary spring day at Hampshire College, except that the rodent issuing ...

Rocky, the "robo-squirrel," in residence at Hampshire College in Amherst, Mass., is shown at the office of assistant professor of animal behavior Sarah Partan Tuesday, April 15, 2008. Behind him is a ...

Salto the robot is acting a little squirrelly. The jumping bot can take a flying leap and land on a narrow pipe ­­­— just like a squirrel soaring from branch to branch. It’s the first time scientists ...

While Japan gets ready to become the world’s most robot-friendly nation, the United States is more interested in helping integrate robots into rodent society. Hence the creation of robo-squirrel Rocky ...

A leaping robot could have application in search and rescue, construction, even forest monitoring. But how do you design a robot to stick a landing on a branch or pipe? Biologists worked with robot ...