Robotic rat uses AI to befriend real rodents (New Scientist)
December 5, 2025
Scientists have developed a robotic rat on wheels that uses artificial intelligence to learn how to play and fight with real rats, successfully integrating itself into rodent social interactions. The AI-trained robot, developed by researchers at the Beijing Institute of Technology, is designed to look, move, and even smell like a real rat, making it a potentially important tool for studying rat behavior in laboratory settings and possibly providing companionship to lab rats.
