Massive manta rays and other pelagic ray species tend to hover near the ocean surface using a flapping motion. Benthic rays, ...

Researchers in China have unveiled a soft humanoid robot that can shapeshift, float, swim, ...

Using robotic fins, researchers at the University of California, Riverside have learned how stingrays are able to swim with ...

Using robotic fins, researchers at the University of California, Riverside, have learned how stingrays ...

How do stingrays keep from crashing into the ocean floor as they effortlessly swim just above it? This is what a recent study published in the Journal of t | Technology ...

Scientists have built microscopic, light-powered robots that can think, swim, and operate independently at the scale of ...

Manta rays are elegantly shaped. They swim by flapping their fins like enormous wings, and their gills filter for plankton with the utmost precision. These creatures have now inspired human ...

How can researchers explore the depths of ocean worlds like Jupiter’s moon, Europa? This is what the Sensing With Independent Micro-swimmers (SWIM) robotic explorers hopes to address as scientists and ...

(Nanowerk News) A team of researchers has beaten its own record for the fastest swimming soft robot, drawing inspiration from manta rays to improve their ability to control the robot’s movement in the ...

Beatbot's new pool robot ecosystem, unveiled at CES 2026, does something no other model can do. I got to see it in action at the mega tech show.