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Watch robot crab 'Wavy Dave' get attacked in claw-waving contest with real crabs

A robot posing as a tough male crab recently challenged real crabs to a showdown during mating season — and the videos are hilarious. The robot, nicknamed "Wavy Dave," infiltrated fiddler crab (Afruca ...
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This Squishy Octopus Robot Snatches Up Fragile Objects with Ease

If you’ve ever played the claw game, you probably never thought about the scientific applications of that arcade game designed to take your money. But engineers at Harvard University must have. A team ...
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Robotic crab claw ‘Wavy Dave' challenges real crabs to fight - then loses badly

Like many people around the world, animal behavior researcher Joe Wilde took up a new hobby during the COVID-19 pandemic. Wilde - a scientist with the Centre for Research in Animal Behavior (CRAB) at ...
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Robot Claw Shows Intricacies of Crab Courtship

new video loaded: Robot Claw Shows Intricacies of Crab Courtship transcript Male fiddler crabs are lopsided. Females have two claws of about the same size. Males have one regular size claw and one ...
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Robotic crab claw ‘Wavy Dave’ challenges real crabs to fight — then loses badly

Fiddler crabs use their large claws to wave down females and didn’t take kindly to a robot newcomer in Portugal. Joe A. Wilde Like many people around the world, animal behavior researcher Joe Wilde ...