Robots that mimic the behavior of fish have been developed by Japanese car firm Nissan, who believe the technique can be used in crash avoidance systems
In the world of underwater robots, this is a team of pioneers. While most ocean robots require periodic communication with scientist or satellite intermediaries to share information, these can work...
Scientists from Durham University will use robots to explore the depths of the Atlantic Ocean to study the growth of underwater volcanoes that build the Earth's crust
Thousands of miles of fiber-optic cables are strung across the worldus oceans, connecting continents like so many tin cans in this age of critical global communication. So the fact that about 800...
Oceanographers have completed an important step in constructing the first deep-sea observatory off the continental United States. Workers in the multi-institution effort laid 32 miles (52...
Like robots of the deep, autonomous underwater vehicles, or AUVs, are growing in number and use in the oceans to perform scientific missions ranging from monitoring climate change to mapping the...
