With very little prodding from their human engineers, the seven robots eventually arrange themselves in a swirling tornado, a common defensive maneuver among real-life fish called milling.

And now, a group of student researchers is trying out a new way to gain better and more accurate information — with a robot fish. The robot, named Belle, was created by students at the ...

In the Bahamas alone, the lionfish will eat 72 different species, far more than any other local predator; a single lionfish in a coral reef can reduce native reef fish by 79%. [Photo: Robots in ...

To keep the problematic fish in check, scientists are trying to strike fear back into the hearts of these swimmers with a high-tech tool: robots. In a laboratory experiment, a robotic fish ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

BEIJING, July 12 (Reuters) - Robot fish that "eat" microplastics may one day help to clean up the world's polluted oceans, says a team of Chinese scientists from Sichuan University in southwest China.

Scientists have discovered that real schools of real fish can be steered along by artificial robot fish. Weird. But the news has big implications for green power production. Scientists have ...

The US Navy is working on a robotic fish that will be able to swim undetected into hostile waters and send back information on the movements of opponents' ships. Project Silent Nemo is underway at ...

Robotic fish might help solve an ecological problem by scaring an invasive fish species so profoundly that it is put off breeding. Eastern mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki) were introduced in many ...

“Eve” the robotic fish swings its silicone tail side to side, powered by pumps hidden inside, as it glides fluidly through Lake Zurich’s chilly water, where it is being tested by SURF-eDN ...