NASA tests small underwater robots designed to explore icy moons’ hidden oceans. The prototype called SWIM, which stands for Sensing With Independent Micro-swimmers, was constructed at NASA’s ...

A new bacteria-inspired robot uses 12 spinning arms to move around the same way bacteria does and scientists want to make it ...

The ‘David Packard’ is named for the Silicon Valley pioneer who donated more than $1 billion to ocean research.

An underwater drone with long, spinning arms like the flagella of bacteria could survey the seas without endangering marine life, its creators claim ...

A new 3D scan of the 'Titanic' shows the entire ship and reveals several new details about the last hours of the ill-fated ...

In this week's issue of our environmental newsletter, we talk to companies who say their robots will be essential to grow ...

Millirobots with tunable adhesive microstructures grip and release solids and liquids in both air and underwater environments ...

Boaty McBoatface is one of three Autosub Long Range vehicles being developed and tested to travel under ice to study the world’s polar regions, according to the NOC. The vehicles are able to return to ...

And it will be able to launch multiple “AUVs” — torpedo-like robot probes that can take underwater video, map the sea floor and collect water samples on days-long journeys and transmit the ...