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Space Exploration Sep 1, 2022

Newest robotic arm on ISS successfully moves payload in space

While the world eagerly awaits the launch of a spacecraft to the Moon, a robot quietly reaches yet another milestone in space. The newest robotic arm outside the International Space Station woke up, stretched and moved a ...

Earth Sciences Aug 11, 2022

These seafaring 'robot surfboards' will hopefully float into a hurricane soon

Saildrones, so-called "robot surfboards," will be guided into hurricanes in the Atlantic for the second straight year, with the goal of improving storm forecasts.

Plants & Animals Aug 3, 2022

Robots documenting deep-sea biodiversity reveal a spectacular spaghetti worm

MBARI's remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) have helped shed new light on the mysteries of the deep. We have logged over 6,100 deep-sea dives, yet every time our vehicles descend into the depths, we manage to learn something ...

Space Exploration Jul 12, 2022

A swarm of swimming robots to search for life under the ice on Europa

When Galileo pointed his telescope at Jupiter 400 years ago, he saw three blobs of light around the giant planet, which he at first thought were fixed stars. He kept looking, and eventually, he spotted a fourth blob and noticed ...

Evolution Jul 5, 2022

Robotic ammonites recreate ancient animals' movements

In a university swimming pool, scientists and their underwater cameras watch carefully as a coiled shell is released from a pair of metal tongs. The shell begins to move under its own power, giving the researchers a glimpse ...

Space Exploration Jul 5, 2022

NASA considers sending swimming robots to habitable 'ocean worlds' of the solar system

NASA has recently announced US$600,000 (£495,000) in funding for a study into the feasibility of sending swarms of miniature swimming robots (known as independent micro-swimmers) to explore oceans beneath the icy shells ...

Cell & Microbiology Jun 28, 2022

Human-robot-AI teamwork accelerates regenerative medicine

A joint research group led by Genki Kanda at the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) has developed a robotic artificial intelligence (AI) system for autonomously determining the optimal conditions for growing ...

Plants & Animals Jun 6, 2022

Scientists use robots to reveal how predatory fish cope with unpredictable prey

Scientists at the University of Bristol have demonstrated how predators overcome their preys' erratic behavior by adapting their own during the hunt.

Ecology May 28, 2022

Robotic buoys developed to keep Atlantic right whales safe

A Cape Cod science center and one of the world's largest shipping businesses are collaborating on a project to use robotic buoys to protect a vanishing whale from lethal collisions with ships.

Cell & Microbiology Apr 20, 2022

Robotic swimmer sheds light on microorganisms in motion

Just by moving around, microorganisms like bacteria and sperm are performing a remarkable feat. The effects of viscosity are amplified at small scales, which means a microorganism swimming in water is a bit like a person ...

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