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

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

Experts spend years trying to build robotic systems that can both fly and dive.

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

A robot that swims like a diving bird and then flies like, well, a bird, sounds like the setup for two different machines ...

FAAV is the world's first 300-gram bird-inspired robot that can fly, swim and leap out of water using only flapping wings. Here's how this science breakthrough could transform research on wildlife.

Researchers have developed a new kind of robot that flies through the air, swims through the water, and transitions between the two realms.

Scientists built a flapping wing robot that can swim underwater, fly through the air and launch itself out of water to study ...

Inspired by the physical feats of diving birds, researchers have created a robot that can plunge into the water and flap back ...

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 ...

The new robot was developed for a specific science experiment; however, the construction will have wider uses in the field of aerial robotics. The device was constructed to improve scientific ...