PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii —Robot boats. Counter-drone systems. A prototype Army landing craft. A million dollars in cash prizes.

Citizen Science is a great way to get normal people engaged in the work of understanding our world. For residents who live near a stunningly polluted waterway — like, say, the gross Gowanus Canal — it ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Call them sea drones, dronaughts, or roboats, the Navy demonstrated ...

Hong Kong (CNN) — In between the speedboats, luxury yachts, and wooden fishing boats moored in a Hong Kong marina, a different kind of vessel maneuvers. It looks unassuming, but as the ...

Planning a hostile takeover of your local swimming pool? This might help: [Dr Anders Lyhne Christensen] sent us a note about his work at the BioMachines Lab of the Institute of Telecommunications in ...

Twenty-two miles south of New York’s Fire Island, in an ocean region jam-packed with shipping traffic, there’s a bobbing yellow-and-blue buoy that’s actually a robot spy. It’s using advanced acoustic ...

Four Autonomous Surface Vessels (ASVs) have arrived at the University of Delaware courtesy of Ocean Infinity (OI), a leading marine robotics company that signed a memorandum of understanding with the ...

Robots are taking over all kinds of jobs. However that makes you feel, one bright spot is that bots can help reduce risks to humans in certain perilous professions. For those tracking the robotics ...

Australian shipbuilder Austal has completed the sea acceptance trials phase for the country's Patrol Boat Autonomy Trial (PBAT), the company announced on 23 April. The milestone, which included an ...

Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) are making our geeky childhood dreams come true by building real-life ...