It’s not the first spider-like robot out there, but it’s almost certainly the most advance one: a team of researchers at Osaka Universityin Japan has developed Asterisk [JP], a six-legged insect robot that can perform a few pretty interesting moves.Perhaps the most interesting feature is that Asterisk can pick up objects with two legs, lift them on top of its body and carry them away. Asterisk is also able to climb up stairs, lower its body to move through narrow spaces or move along a net attached to a wall.