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 ...

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Robotic fish developed by scientists at the University of Essex in the U.K. are soon to evolve from engineering curio to actual tool when they go on a world-first mission off the coast of Spain. As ...

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 ...

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 ...

The mysteries of the ocean abound. And now, a group of student researchers is trying out a new way to gain better and more accurate information — with a robot fish. The robot, named Belle, was created ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fish that flop across land may be using one of evolution’s oldest movement tricks, a simple gait shared across distant species. By ...

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; ...

Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. Led by Professor Yu Junzhi from the School of Advanced Manufacturing and Robotics, the team created a soft robotic fish capable of ...

Fish stranded on shore often look helpless, all flops and wriggles. But that clumsy scramble may follow a surprisingly consistent plan, one shared by several species separated by large gaps on the ...