Staying in a Taiwanese love hotel with the true object of his affections: His bicycleTAIPEI, Taiwan — We were guys staying at the same hotel with our mistresses. Evolving robots wiggle fins, tails: swimming and slithering as prey, predators for researchPOUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. — Robots wag their tail fins and bob along like bathtub toys in a pool at a Vassar College lab. Their actions are dictated by microprocessors housed in round plastic containers, the sort you’d store soup in. |