Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An invention born from a contest at England's University of Surrey might be swimming us closer to cleaner oceans. Researchers have ...

Underwater robots built to monitor a creek can’t simply scale up to patrol a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fish that flop across land may be using one of evolution's oldest movement tricks, a simple gait shared across distant species. By ...

Researchers have developed a fish-like robot that shows how some species of modern fish are able to walk on land, and could help unravel how early vertebrates evolved similar abilities hundreds of ...

A new soft robot that moves like a fish represents a key breakthrough in the movements and safety of robots, according to the team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that designed the robot.

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 ...

A robot fish called "Robo-Fish" has been created after winning a robotics contest at the University of Surrey, as reported by Interesting Engineering. Robotic fishes swim in a water glass tank ...

Learn more about a fish-inspired robot and what it can teach us about how animals first left the water and began moving on land. In the swamps of Southeast Asia, changing temperatures can cause water ...

Newswise — Propeller-powered underwater vehicles have long helped scientists explore and monitor aquatic environments. But they're limited by their own mechanics: spinning blades can snag on ...

An invention born from a contest at England's University of Surrey might be swimming us closer to cleaner oceans. Researchers have created a robotic fish that doesn't just collect plastic pollution; ...