Coordinating groups of underwater robots is difficult because communication below the surface is slow and unreliable. GPS ...

Soft robotics, which uses flexible and deformable materials, is an emerging field in autonomous systems. It has recently been applied to next-generation tasks such as deep-sea sampling with soft ...

Researchers have taken inspiration from nature to create a robotic wing that can sense and adapt to changes in water to deliver unparalleled stability. Drawing on the adaptive movements of birds and ...

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When Jonas Wüst first met rescue divers in Switzerland, what struck him wasn’t their courage, it was how much danger still defined their work. “We realized how outdated it all was,” he recalls.

The Blue Economy and Beyond Global blue economy estimates run into trillions of dollars annually, spanning shipping, offshore ...

An adaptive fin made of electronic skin automatically stabilizes underwater robots with low energy consumption.

Equipped with a grasping arm attachment, video camera and 100-meter tether, the Power Hawks of South River High School deployed a 30-pound waterproof robot into the South River Wednesday to collect ...

Underwater robots face many challenges before they can truly master the deep, such as stability in choppy currents. A new paper published in the journal npj Robotics provides a comprehensive update of ...

All 50 campers tested their robots in the pool. A previous version of this article misidentified the number of campers who tested robots. Mizzou Engineering’s three-day youth underwater robotics camp ...

Marine litter is a major environmental problem. Abandoned containers and fishing gear can trap or strangle animals, and plastic waste can break down into microplastics, which can release chemicals ...