The giant mechanical spider seemed to work fine, though the rest of Grimes’ Coachella set was plagued by what she called “technical difficulties.” ...

The robot is inspired by a spider’s design while also taking some inspiration from geckos. The Magnecko uses electro-permanent magnet modules on its four feet, allowing it to walk easily on ...

But there is a harp-like musical instrument inspired by a spider’s web, complete with a mechanical spider perched in the middle, and it was dreamt up in Oregon.

Yap, who coined the process of turning the spiders into mechanical grippers as “necrobotics,” added, “Another application could be deploying it to capture smaller insects in nature, because ...