A team has shown that reinforcement learning -i.e., a neural network that learns the best action to perform at each moment based on a series of rewards- allows autonomous vehicles and underwater ...

HOUSTON – (April 25, 2024) – 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. The ...

With the advancement of ocean detection technology, autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) have become an indispensable tool for exploring unknown underwater environments. However, existing sensors ...

Underwater robots face many challenges before they can truly master the deep, such as stability in choppy currents. A new ...

Engineers have taught a simple submarine robot to take advantage of turbulent forces to propel itself through water. Small autonomous underwater vehicles, like the drones of the sea, could be very ...

(Nanowerk News) Scientists at the University of Southampton and University of Edinburgh have developed a flexible underwater robot that can propel itself through water in the same style as nature's ...

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The latest triumph in ocean technology comes from a small, rugged machine that slipped beneath Antarctic ice into a part of the planet no human has ever seen, gathered a torrent of data, and then did ...

Join us on Wednesday, February 5 at noon Pacific for the Underwater Robotics Hack Chat with Tony White! Almost anywhere you look, there’s a good chance you can see a robot at work. Whether they’re ...

A new underwater robot can swim through the water with fins, and walk or crawl along the bottom when necessary. These capabilities could really give it a leg up – pun fully intended – at outperforming ...

Marine litter is a major environmental problem. Abandoned containers and fishing gear can trap or strangle animals, and plastic waste can break down into microplastics, which can release chemicals ...