The winner of the inaugural Natural Robotics Contest not only swims through the water like a real fish — it also helps combat pollution in the process. Created by University of Surrey chemistry ...

How can some fish, like tuna, achieve remarkable speed while others, like eels, excel in maneuverability? A research team ...

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 robot fish called "Robo-Fish" has been created after winning a robotics contest at the University of Surrey, as reported by Interesting Engineering. Robotic fishes swim in a water glass tank ...

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 ...

An orange wheel rolls across concrete and suddenly jumps, as if it decided to ...

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 have succeeded in developing the smallest fully autonomous robot in history. It measures less than 1 millimeter and can swim underwater for months powered only by light.

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 ...

This spinning-mass principle drives several robots in development. One is a remote-controlled wheel that jumps when the ...

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 ...

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; ...