They slip past beach cleanups and many treatment systems, then drift as persistent debris through rivers, lakes, and coastal ...

When designing fish-like underwater robots, you want a means of propulsion which is both energy-efficient and reasonably speedy. A new tail-flapping system may fit the bill, paving the way for wider ...

When we start to follow human-like robots wherever they choose to lead us, we'll know the apocalypse has arrived. For fish, that moment is now. Researchers have built a robot that sort of looks and ...

The mysteries of the ocean abound. And now, a group of student researchers is trying out a new way to gain better and more accurate information — with a robot fish. The robot, named Belle, was created ...

In the world of the tiny zebrafish, the predatory red tiger oscar is the stuff of nightmares. And while the species has no natural reason to fear robots, researchers at the NYU Polytechnic School of ...

This article was originally featured on Hakai Magazine, an online publication about science and society in coastal ecosystems. Read more stories like this at hakaimagazine.com. Human technology has ...

A robot designed to look and swim like a jellyfish has gotten even more realistic, according to a researcher working on the motion component of the machine. The robot, known as Robojelly, was ...

Inspired by nature, researchers have developed a new framework using a geometric property called \"curvity\" to improve robot ...

Researchers have developed fish-inspired robots that can synchronize their movements like a real school of fish, without any external control. It is the first time researchers have demonstrated ...