When designing fish-like underwater robots, you want a means of propulsion which is both energy-efficient and reasonably speedy. A new tail-flapping system may fit the bill, paving the way for wider ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Underwater vehicles haven’t changed much since the submarines of World War II. They’re rigid, fairly boxy and use propellers to ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An invention born from a contest at England's University of Surrey might be swimming us closer to cleaner oceans. Researchers have ...
A coil-powered robot fish could make underwater exploration more accessible. A coil-powered robot fish designed by scientists at the University of Bristol could make underwater exploration more ...
Imagine if there were a robotic fish that filtered microplastic particles out of the water as it swam. Well, now there is one, and it's the physical version of the winning concept in the first-ever ...
Daniel Quinn receives funding from The National Science Foundation and The Office of Naval Research. Underwater vehicles haven’t changed much since the submarines of World War II. They’re rigid, ...