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; ...

Researchers at Michigan State University's Smart Microsystems Lab have been developing robotic fish for several years, and the most recent incarnation can glide long distances, as well as swim by ...

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 ...

In the future, robots will not only replace caregivers and make sushi, but they’ll also lend a hand offshore. According to Reuters, a team of European scientists at the University of Essex developed a ...

Researchers at NYU Polytechnic have achieved a major breakthrough in underwater robotics: They have proven that a robotic replica of something that will eat you can be as terrifying as the real thing.

In sci-fi tales, artificial intelligence often powers all sorts of clever, capable, and occasionally homicidal robots. A revealing limitation of today’s best AI is that, for now, it remains squarely ...