I would like to invent a way for me to move large heavy objects (couch, pinball machine, furniture, etc.) up and down stairs in my house by myself without putting my health at risk. I'm looking for ...

In the horticultural world, some vines are especially grabby. As they grow, the woody tendrils can wrap around obstacles with enough force to pull down entire fences and trees.

A new class of tiny flying robots can stick to surfaces and pull heavy objects many times their body weight, according to a new paper in Science Robotics. How it works: The palm-size robots, dubbed ...

Researchers from Stanford University and the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) have developed a small but super powerful drone that can anchor to objects in order to haul heavy loads.