Underwater robots face many challenges before they can truly master the deep, such as stability in choppy currents. A new ...

Massive manta rays and other pelagic ray species tend to hover near the ocean surface using a flapping motion. Benthic rays, ...

Using robotic fins, researchers at the University of California, Riverside, have learned how stingrays ...

Researchers have succeeded in developing the smallest fully autonomous robot in history. It measures less than 1 millimeter and can swim underwater for months powered only by light.

The latest triumph in ocean technology comes from a small, rugged machine that slipped beneath Antarctic ice into a part of the planet no human has ever seen, gathered a torrent of data, and then did ...

A Korean research team has created a light-driven artificial muscle that functions independently underwater, advancing the future of soft robotics. The system, developed by the Korea Research ...

Underwater autonomous vessels and robots could play a substantial role in defense operations, but submersibles have historically had trouble communicating across large distances unless they rose to ...

Marine litter is a major environmental problem. Abandoned containers and fishing gear can trap or strangle animals, and plastic waste can break down into microplastics, which can release chemicals ...

Say hello to the PoseiDrone: the new robot inspired by octopi that might just save your life. The robot is designed for life under the sea, complete with a soft-bodied center and waving tentacles that ...

All 50 campers tested their robots in the pool. A previous version of this article misidentified the number of campers who tested robots. Mizzou Engineering’s three-day youth underwater robotics camp ...

Usually you try and keep electronics out of the water. But on Thursday at Ordean East, kids were putting their robots into the pool! This is part of the new Robotics and Coding class offered this year ...