Scientists regularly draw ideas from the natural world in a bid to improve robotic performance, and when it comes to soft robots that swim, motion in the ocean is a rich source of inspiration. The ...

How can researchers explore the depths of ocean worlds like Jupiter’s moon, Europa? This is what the Sensing With Independent Micro-swimmers (SWIM) robotic explorers hopes to address as scientists and ...

Bioinspired underwater robots that swim by undulating their bodies may be more energy-efficient than their rigid counterparts, but they're also quite difficult to build. That could soon change however ...

In a competition swimming pool, engineers tested prototypes for a futuristic mission concept: a swarm of underwater robots ...

image: Inspired by the biomechanics of the manta ray, researchers at North Carolina State University have developed an energy-efficient soft robot that can swim more than four times faster than ...

(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 ...

Swimming robots; that’s what they’re calling these tiny robots, powered by MRI magnetism, that are implanted in a child’s cerebrospinal fluid or the urinary tract, to provide targeted therapies like ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The Louisville Water Company is using swimming robots to inspect underground pipes. The technology inspects large water mains, often while they're filled with water, ...