When baby sea turtles hatch from their buried eggs, they use their powerful flippers to make their way up through the sand. A new "sand-swimming" robot, inspired by those hatchlings, could one day ...

Burlington teen Evan Budz’s robot swims like a sea turtle, collecting data on coral health and invasive species. It was a ...

Just last week, we heard about a robotic baby sea turtle that can "swim" through the sand. It's not the only robo-turtle in town, though, as another one has been developed to possibly one day lead ...

This robot can swim under the sand and dig itself out too, thanks to two front limbs that mimic the oversized flippers of turtle hatchlings. It's the only robot that is able to travel in sand at a ...

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Hong Kong-based robot firm Beatbot has revealed its new RoboTurtle at CES 2025. The RoboTurtle is a machine designed for exploration, ecological research, and disaster response. Interestingly, the ...

OR MAYBE EVEN A SQUID AND THOUGHT, YOU KNOW WHAT? THAT JUST MIGHT CHANGE MY LIFE. MAKES A DIFFERENCE. NO. WELL, HERE’S THE GOOD NEWS. RESEARCHERS AT MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL AND MIT HAVE. AND IT ...