It’s interesting how humanity likes to build robots and then try to make them as human as possible, as if there weren’t already enough humans in the world. For example, researchers at Yale have built ...

Fidget poppers are an example of “bistability,” as the popped circles rest in one of two stable states. Purdue University researchers have taken this idea to its extreme, building robots that can be ...

Have you ever wondered why some people naturally fidget when they are engaged in a task? It turns out there’s a scientific explanation. Fidgeting is a common behavior driven by a combination of ...