Engineers have developed a new aerial-aquatic robot that can swim underwater, then rise to the surface and take flight.

A lightweight robot modeled on diving birds can swim underwater, break through the surface, and continue flying without using ...

Loons, gulls, puffins and petrels are some of the 100 species of birds that can both fly and swim. These diving birds can ...

MIT and EPFL have jointly developed the first flapping-wing robot that can fly and dive. Scientists at the Massachusetts ...

A flapping-wing robot that can both swim underwater and fly through the air is helping scientists rethink how diving birds manage life in two ...

Loons, gulls, puffins, and petrels are some of the 100 species of birds that can both fly and swim. These diving birds can plunge in water to swim after prey, and then leap back into the air to ...

The Nature Index 2026 Research Leaders reveal the leading institutions and countries/territories in the natural sciences, health sciences, applied sciences and social sciences, according to their ...

Image courtesy by QUE.com The Paradigm Shift in Multi-Modal Locomotion The quest for versatility in robotic design has long ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Building robots that can effortlessly mimic the movements of insects on water has been a persistent challenge in robotics. The ability to move autonomously and efficiently in ...

What if the smooth surface of a pond could be a high‑precision robotics workshop? Engineers at the University of Virginia have taken that question and transformed it into fabrication reality: ...