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 ...

and acoustic sensors that talk to underwater robots gliding through the ocean with high-definition video cameras — the ship will take its maiden voyage in late June, Johnson said. That will be a ...

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 ...

Underwater robots face many challenges, not least of which is how to move around. ZodiAq is a prototype underwater soft robot (link is to research paper) that takes an unusual approach to this ...

French high-tech industrial group Exail Technologies on Wednesday reported a 519% rise in its order intake in the first quarter of the year, driven by higher defence spending by European governments.

The Silklab at Tufts is a misnomer in a sense. While the lab is working with silk, a textile humans have been using for over ...