SINKER is an innovative new instrument equipped with advanced microscopes and cameras to collect detailed data about carbon ...

(CNN) — A robot created at Stanford University in California is diving down to shipwrecks and sunken planes in a way that humans can’t. Known as OceanOneK, the robot allows its operators to feel like ...

Now, a team of Chinese researchers has unveiled a robot that pushes the field further into biologically inspired territory: a ...

Inspired by a strange fish that can withstand the punishing pressures of the deepest reaches of the ocean, scientists have devised a soft autonomous robot capable of keeping its fins flapping — even ...

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RESEARCHER, SICHUAN UNIVERSITY, YUYAN WANG: "In fact, we developed such a lightweight, miniaturized robot. It is designed with such an integrated function, so it can be used in many ways, for example, ...

A self-powered robot inspired by a fish can survive the extreme pressures at the bottom of the ocean’s deepest trench, thanks to its soft body and distributed electronic system — and might enable ...

The robot is about 5 feet (1.5 meters) long, and its brain can register how carefully it must handle an object without breaking it -- like coral or sea-weathered artifacts. An operator can control the ...