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Soft robotic fish demonstrates advanced multi-mode swimming capabilities
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Soft robotic fish demonstrates advanced multi-mode swimming capabilities

Bionic mechanisms of the soft robotic fish. Credit: Ruiqian Wang et al Researchers from the Shenyang Institute of Automation of the Chinese Academy...

Machine learning transforms mini biohybrid ray design, doubling swimming efficiency
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Machine learning transforms mini biohybrid ray design, doubling swimming efficiency

Biohybrid ray fabrication. Credit: Science Robotics (2025). DOI: 10.1126/scirobotics.adr6472 A new study shows an application of machine-learning directed optimization (ML-DO) that efficiently searches...

Inspired by water bugs, researchers create tiny swimming robots for medical, environmental uses
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Inspired by water bugs, researchers create tiny swimming robots for medical, environmental uses

Bioinspired design of a self-propelled shape-morphing swimming robot. Credit: Advanced Functional Materials (2024). DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202413129 Inspired by the movement of insects gliding on...

Video: Car pulled from indoor swimming pool in California | Infrastructure
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Video: Car pulled from indoor swimming pool in California | Infrastructure

NewsFeed You can’t park there! Firefighters in California removed a vehicle from a swimming pool after the driver crashed through the wall of...

Manta rays inspire the fastest swimming soft robot yet
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Manta rays inspire the fastest swimming soft robot yet

The manta-inspired robot can swim up and down in the water column at speeds as high as 6.8 body lengths per second. Credit:...