Creating realistic animal fur has always been a vexing problem ... simulations and is 10 times faster than the state of the art," said lead author Ravi Ramamoorthi. The result could be that ...

The "Super Monster Wolf" is a 65cm-long, 50cm-tall robot animal covered with realistic-looking fur, featuring huge white fangs and flashing red eyes, Asahi Television reports. It's been designed ...