The WET model of the European Robotic Arm (ERA) was comprehensively inspected and tested at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre near Moscow last week. ESA astronaut AndrÈ Kuipers donned a ...

A new bacteria-inspired robot uses 12 spinning arms to move around the same way bacteria does and scientists want to make it even better.

A remotely operated underwater robot built by a team of Rice University engineering students pioneers a new way to control buoyancy via water-splitting fuel cells.

Underwater Vehicle-Manipulator System (UVMS): An integrated robotic platform that fuses an underwater vehicle with a robotic arm to perform intervention tasks in challenging subsea environments.

A robot is navigating the dark, cold depths of the South Atlantic seabed, streaming images of dazzling coral and previously unseen fish, while scientists provide live commentary on YouTube – and ...