Search results for robotics

Environment Feb 20, 2026

Robot clean-up crews tackle litter on Europe's seabed

EU researchers are developing AI-guided robot fleets to take over the dangerous, dirty work of finding and removing marine litter from the sea floor. A ship with a crane floats in the Mediterranean sun at a marina in Marseille, ...

Social Sciences Feb 18, 2026

Working with robots at work? Why team-based reviews may protect morale

Comparisons and competitiveness among employees have been around as long as there have been workplaces. But those frictions are taking fresh shape as the use of artificial intelligence and robotics starts to spread through ...

Biotechnology Feb 10, 2026

Video: Can robots help save farming?

When labor shortages, rising costs, and climate change collide can technology step in to save the world's oldest industry?

Plants & Animals Jan 27, 2026

Reconfigurable robotic fish reveals how stiffness and wave propagation shape swimming performance

How can some fish, like tuna, achieve remarkable speed while others, like eels, excel in maneuverability? A research team from Peking University (PKU) has developed a novel robotic platform that sheds new light on this classic ...

Cell & Microbiology Jan 23, 2026

Safeguarding health for animals and people: Veterinary hospitals make use of UV-C robots and creative education

Drug-resistant bacteria are one of the most urgent health challenges of our time, affecting people, animals, and the environments they share. The University of Pennsylvania's School of Veterinary Medicine (Penn Vet) is addressing ...

Plants & Animals Jan 22, 2026

Stingrays inspire smarter ocean robots: The physics of fin motion

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 disastrous ground collisions.

Bio & Medicine Jan 12, 2026

Robotic nanoprobe enables precise extraction of a single mitochondrion from a living cell

Mitochondrial dysfunction is associated with various chronic diseases and cancers, including neurodegenerative diseases and metabolic syndrome. Gently extracting a single mitochondrion from within a living cell—without causing ...

Biochemistry Dec 23, 2025

Robotic system synthesizes hundreds of metal complexes to find potential new antibiotic

Researchers have used a cutting-edge robotic system capable of synthesizing hundreds of metal complexes to develop a possible antibiotic candidate—offering fresh hope in the global fight against drug-resistant infections.

Planetary Sciences Dec 8, 2025

NASA robot rover shows that sparks fly in dust storms on Mars

Sometimes you get a small electric shock from touching your car door handle on a dry summer's day.

Earth Sciences Dec 8, 2025

Adrift like Shackleton: Robot float survives Antarctic ice

A robotic float has measured the temperature and salinity from parts of the ocean never sampled before—underneath massive floating ice shelves in East Antarctica.

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