Ecology
Jan 4, 2021
A robotic revolution for urban nature
Drones, robots and autonomous systems can transform the natural world in and around cities for people and wildlife.
Search results for robotics
General Â鶹ÒùÔºics
Dec 15, 2020
'Chaotic' way to create insectlike gaits for robots
Researchers in Japan and Italy are embracing chaos and nonlinear physics to create insectlike gaits for tiny robots—complete with a locomotion controller to provide a brain-machine interface.
Environment
Dec 3, 2020
Robot fleet dives for climate answers in 'marine snow'
A fleet of next-generation, deep-diving ocean robots will be deployed in the Southern Ocean in a major study of how marine life acts as a handbrake on global warming.
Space Exploration
Dec 2, 2020
China's space ambitions: Robot on Mars, a human on the moon
China's landing of its third probe on the moon is part of an increasingly ambitious space program that has a robot rover en route to Mars, is developing a reusable space plane and is planning to put humans back on the lunar ...
Environment
Nov 30, 2020
Robot probes the Red Sea's carbon storage system
Warming waters and oxygen depletion in the Red Sea could slow the flow of organic carbon from the surface into the deep ocean where it can be stored, out of reach of the atmosphere. A KAUST team has used an underwater robot ...
Environment
Nov 23, 2020
Cutting-edge agricultural robots offers a low-cost lifeline to UK farmers
A low-cost robotic platform which can be fitted with almost any agricultural implement could help farmers across the UK to overcome the lack of available manual labour.
Plants & Animals
Nov 17, 2020
Linkage in catfish head could inspire new underwater robots
New research into how catfish capture prey provides an unparalleled view of the internal mechanics of fish skulls and could inspire the design of new underwater robots. Although lead researcher Aaron M. Olsen of Brown University ...
Space Exploration
Nov 16, 2020
Mars is getting a new robotic meteorologist
Mars is about to get a new stream of weather reports, once NASA's Perseverance rover touches down on Feb. 18, 2021. As it scours Jezero Crater for signs of ancient microbial life, Perseverance will collect the first planetary ...
General Â鶹ÒùÔºics
Nov 3, 2020
Squid jet propulsion can enhance design of underwater robots, vehicles
Squids and other cephalopods use a form of jet propulsion that is not well understood, especially when it comes to their hydrodynamics under turbulent flow conditions. Discovering their secrets can help create new designs ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 26, 2020
Robots help to answer age-old question of why fish school
A fish school is a striking demonstration of synchronicity. Yet centuries of study have left a basic question unanswered: Do fish save energy by swimming in schools? Now, scientists from the Max Planck Institute of Animal ...
