Abstract: Biomimetic robots have the advantages of propulsion efficiency and maneuverability. Manta ray robots with soft, flexible, and distributed multi-stage pectoral fins have been proposed. Robots ...

HANGZHOU, April 14 (Xinhua) -- In a laboratory at Westlake University in east China's Zhejiang Province, a group of young researchers is pushing ahead the underwater exploration frontiers with an ...

Within just two hours, it executed complex movements and operations near the seafloor. "By mimicking the manta ray's fluid silhouette, we've solved buoyancy and stability issues that plague humanoid ...

"By mimicking the manta ray's fluid silhouette, we've solved buoyancy and stability issues that plague humanoid underwater robots," said Fan Dixia, 35, the project's principal investigator.

ON April 5, 2025, 90 cadets from the Manta Ray Battalion woke up bright and early to clean up Koblerville as a community event at 7:30 a.m. The cadets split into two groups, one at Tottotville and the ...

On our first morning snorkeling in the aquamarine lagoon, I came mask-to-manta with Zoomie — a tailless 2-year-old ray. The Manta Trust doesn’t know what happened to her tail, or if she’s ...

Allied Cycle Works pulled the wraps off the next-generation ABLE gravel bike, their modern gravel speed machine. Narrow where it needs to be, aero shaping, and fits up to 57mm (2.3″) tires. It hits ...