Somewhere beneath the turquoise surface of the Strait of Hormuz, unmanned robots are hunting for mines. The U.S. Navy has ...

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 ...

As autonomous underwater vehicles have improved over the decades, so has our ability to explore the ocean's uncharted depths ...

Between 1950 and 2020, 32 million metric tons of plastic accumulated in the ocean, according to one estimate — the weight of over 200,000 blue whales. Without any additional action, that figure is ...

Underwater autonomous vessels and robots could play a substantial role in defense operations, but submersibles have historically had trouble communicating across large distances unless they rose to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Korean research team has created a light-driven artificial muscle that functions independently underwater, advancing the future ...

For Christine Dennison and Tim Taylor, pioneering ocean explorers and power couple in the world of underwater exploration, OTIS is more than just a remotely operated vehicle (ROV). It’s a labor of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Smart Grapple is capable of lifting individual items of trash weighing up to 250 kilograms (550 pounds). - Andreas Schmitz/TUM ...