Anahita Laverack was set on becoming an aerospace engineer, but her career took a different turn after a realization at an autonomous robotics challenge inspired her to launch Oshen, a company that ...

A new wave of marine technology, from autonomous underwater robots to AI-powered monitoring systems, is revolutionizing how scientists protect and restore ocean ecosystems. These tools are enabling ...

Orpheus Ocean of New Bedford, Massachusetts is building robotic vehicles to descend into extreme depths to collect data from ...

A massive phytoplankton bloom off of the Atlantic coast of Patagonia, Argentina, in 2010. Credit: NASA's Earth Observatory/Norman Kuring, Ocean Color Web The Southern Ocean, a region critical to Earth ...

Ten years ago, Antarctica's sea ice suddenly and dramatically declined. Scientists now blame a "very violent release" of deep ...

Using robotic fins, researchers at the University of California, Riverside have learned how stingrays are able to swim with impressive control. These insights could help underwater vehicles avoid ...

Topic:Bio-Inspired Robots for Ocean Exploration: How Nature Can Help Us Design Next-Generation Technologies As new technologies develop, researchers can use swimming robots and bio-inspired designs to ...