Fish have a sensory system known as the lateral line, which allows them to detect movements, vibrations and pressure gradients in the water. Scientists have now given a robotic fish its own version of ...

The study of robotic fish and underwater vehicle dynamics presents a fascinating convergence of biomimetics and fluid mechanics. Drawing inspiration from the streamlined efficiency and manoeuvrability ...

Underwater vehicles are typically designed for one cruise speed, and they’re often inefficient at other speeds. The technology is rudimentary compared to the way fish swim well, fast or slow. What if ...

Given that they're such naturally proficient swimmers, the physical structure of fish is increasingly being copied in the design of underwater robots. Scientists have now discovered that by adjusting ...

Daniel Quinn receives funding from The National Science Foundation and The Office of Naval Research. Underwater vehicles haven’t changed much since the submarines of World War II. They’re rigid, ...

Researchers built a fishlike robot that uses a programmable artificial tendon to tune its own tail stiffness while swimming in a water channel. The results were impressive: The robot could swim over a ...

Researchers from Harvard have created an artificial fish that can swim on its own. And it’s all thanks to tissue from a human heart. Just on its own that sounds pretty fascinating. However, the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers from Harvard have created an artificial fish that can swim on its own. And it’s all thanks to tissue from a human ...

Scientists have built a school of robotic fish powered by human heart cells. The fish, which swim on their own, show how lab-grown heart tissue can be designed to maintain a rhythmic beat indefinitely ...