Robot Facts

A robotic fsh created by researchers at NYU-Poly was left to interact with normal fish. It was accepted by them and soon guided them as a leader.

Leonardo Da Vinci made a robotic lion in 1515 that would walk, sway, open its mouth and move its tail - it even had a compartment that opened to present flowers.

There's a phone app called RoboRoach that allows you to remotely control a cockroach through a chip that you to manually implant into the unwitting critter.

In the 1770s, Swiss watchmaker Pierre Jaquet-Droz built three incredibly sophisticated automata, including 'The Writer'—a mechanical boy that could write custom messages up to 40 characters long using a quill pen, all programmable by rearranging cams on a wheel.

Kissenger is a pig-shaped robotic device that transmits kiss sensations over the internet using pressure sensors and actuators, allowing long-distance couples to share physical affection.