The hundreds of suckers on an octopus’s eight arms leech reflexively to almost anything ... Today, researchers reveal that the animal’s skin produces a chemical that stops the octopus ...

Seeing without eyes: Octopus's skin possesses the same cellular mechanism for detecting light as its eyes do Date: May 20, 2015 Source: University of California - Santa Barbara Summary: The skin ...

SkinBot is a palm-sized bipedal robot with suction-cup feet inspired by leeches and the suckers of cephalopods. Artem Dementyev at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Media Lab is interested ...