Robotic elephants are slowly making their way into Hindu temples in Kerala. Supporters call them a cruelty-free alternative, ...

Evolution has already found solutions to lots of problems, so engineers more often borrow ideas from nature instead of ...

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In India's southern state of Kerala, robotic elephants are replacing live ones in temple festivals. Rising concerns about ...

Elephants may hear messages traveling through the ground from more than 10 kilometers away, thanks to massive ear bones and a muscle that can shut their ear canals.

The clip contains no actual sound, but some viewers report hearing a thump whenever the animated elephant lands on the seesaw ...

(a) Inspiration from the elephant trunk. (b) The soft pneumatic gripper closes using air pressure, enabling gentle and versatile grasping. (c) Through vision-based sensing, the gripper can perceive ...

CHALAKUDY, India (AP) — The life-size robotic elephants in Prasanth Prakashan’s backyard workshop have ears that flap, tails that swish and trunks that squirt water. But that’s about all they have in ...

CHALAKUDY, India (AP) — In India’s southern state of Kerala, robotic elephants are replacing live ones at some temple festivals. Rising concerns about elephant abuse and dangerous incidents led to the ...

The Independent and Yahoo will earn a commission from purchases made via links in this article. Pricing and availability are subject to change. The life-size robotic elephants in Prasanth Prakashan's ...