We can't all be super-villains, but some MIT researchers are getting closer with a set of robot arms that sit on your shoulders. First the lab, then the world! Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers ...

Even the brilliant—and yes, evil—Otto Octavius must have started somewhere when inventing the infamous metal tentacles that allow him to handle radioactive substances and also occasionally choke ...

New Spider-Man: No Way Home images revealed another look at the villain from the Sam Raimi trilogy, Dr. Octopus. However, fans noticed that Doc Ock’s tentacle arms looked a bit different. They seemed ...

Designed by German engineering firm Festo, these claw-tipped, artificially intelligent arms were designed to mimic the utility and movement of an elephant’s trunk – but the resemblance to Dock Ock’s ...

One of the coolest touches in Sam Raimi’s 2004 Spider-Man 2 was how Alfred Molina’s Doc Ock used practical puppets to serve as his robotic tentacles. For Molina’s return in Spider-Man: No Way Home, he ...