If you're releasing a robot into the aquatic environment with no intention of retrieving it, that bot had better be biodegradable. Swiss scientists have gone a step better than that, with li'l robots ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Korean research team has created a light-driven artificial muscle that functions independently underwater, advancing the future ...

If a robot is being used to gather data in sensitive aquatic environments, it shouldn't have a whirring propeller that could harm wildlife or get caught in weeds. A new bot addresses that issue by ...

Researchers have developed a self-powered 'bug' that can skim across the water, and they hope it will revolutionize aquatic robotics. Researchers at Binghamton University, State University of New York ...

A collaborative team of researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, the Georgia Institute of Technology, and Ajou University in South Korea has revealed that the unique fan-like ...

A new eco-friendly aquatic robot is made from fish food. The edible machine utilizes biodegradable fuel and surface tension to zip around the water’s surface. It creates a safe and nutritious ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Building robots that can effortlessly mimic the movements of insects on water has been a persistent challenge in robotics. The ability to move autonomously and efficiently in ...

The boat-shaped robot takes advantage of the same phenomenon – the Marangoni effect – used by some aquatic insects to propel themselves across the surface of water. A chemical reaction within a tiny ...

This review article, authored by Dr. Weidong Zhang’s team from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, was recently published in the journal Robot Learning. Focusing on the increasingly prominent topic of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hong Kong-based robot firm Beatbot has revealed its new RoboTurtle at CES 2025. The RoboTurtle is a machine designed for ...

This little bot is the Aquapod from the University of Minnesota’s Center for Distributed Robotics. Aquapod’s designed to tumble on land and at the bottoms of bodies of water like some species of ...