Researchers have set a new record for the fastest swimming soft robot, inspired by manta rays for improved movement control. A team at North Carolina State University (NC State) has improved its ...

In such cases, BLUE utilizes its integrated buoyancy controllers to drop to the bottom, then uses its multimodal fins to walk along the gravel, sand or other underwater terrain. Each fin remains rigid ...

CHILDREN across Basildon will take to the water like sharks under a new scheme. The council has started using a new tool called SwimFin at the district’s pools in Pitsea, Gloucester Park and Wickford ...

Divers feel envy when they see tropical fish floating motionless in coral reefs. Humans can barely swim with oxygen tanks and heavy lead weights attached, while fish rest with no effort at all. It’s ...