A new aquatic robot inspired by Manta rays has broken the world record for the fastest swimming soft robot. The robot, designed by a team of engineers from North Carolina State University and the ...

YouTube / Yin Lab@NCSU Study corresponding author Professor Jie Yin, of North Carolina State University, said: “Two years ago, we demonstrated an aquatic soft robot that was able to reach ...

Aquabot, the robot designed by Liu, Ha and their colleagues, is based on the QYSEA V-EVO underwater drone. The researchers added a QYSEA parallel jaw gripper and two cameras to this aquatic drone ...

Manta rays are elegantly shaped. They swim by flapping their fins like enormous wings, and their gills filter for plankton ...

As technology has improved and the cost of parts has decreased over the last two decades, underwater robots have begun to ...

The scientists are now working on a method of laterally steering the robot, with an eye toward future applications such as ocean exploration and aquatic wildlife observation. You can see in it ...

When it comes to finding alien life on other planets, most astrobiologists will tell you to “follow the water ...

NASA scientists have shared a demonstration of the prototype SWIM robots – designed to withstand outer space seas that humans have never swam in. SWIM, which actually stands for Sensing With ...

Now, the humble bowl of cereal has inspired a new technique for designing and controlling small aquatic robots, which could be used to monitor environmental conditions or spread chemical ...

The cat in "Flow" takes a swim. The cat in "Flow" takes a swim. Credit: Sideshow and Janus Films Thanks to clear, deliberate ...

The researchers initially set out to create a soft, aquatic robot that was simultaneously fast, energy efficient, and highly maneuverable. As is often the case, they looked to nature for inspiration.