HANGZHOU -- 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 unlikely muse: the ...

Abstract: Biomimetic robots have the advantage 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 ...