Science news articles about 'robotic fish'

A shoal of robotic fish which can detect pollution in the water are set to released into the sea off Spain, British scientists said Thursday.

Researchers have developed a robotic fish with artificial muscles, and it is nimble enough to check water quality in confined spaces.

... of flexible silicon and urethane polymer to create robotic fish that smoothly wriggle through the water much like their natural counterparts. Fish propel themselves by contracting muscles on either ...

... with a docking station after surfacing at programmed intervals and could similarly be linked to other robotic fish for coordinated maneuvers or signal relay. Global positioning system technology and ...

... what's novel with this system is that the robotic fish can communicate wirelessly underwater. Again, Morgansen looked ... robots transmit information through dense water. "When you're underwater you run ...

Schools of newly-designed robotic fish could one day patrol waterways, swimming around as fluidly as the real fish they're based on, looking for environmental pollutants and inspecting submerged ...

... of several at MIT pursuing biologically inspired engineering. A team of mechanical engineers has built robotic fish, and materials scientists have designed moisture-collecting materials that mimic a ...