Using creative thinking and Lego technology, an Agawam robotics team engaged in research, problem-solving, coding and ...

Sea Guru II, an underwater robot designed by researchers at Westlake University in east China's Zhejiang Province, is seen before a 2,000-meter deep-sea trial ...

Hundreds of researchers have also called for a pause on deep-sea mining until scientists learn ... is developing a fleet of underwater robots that would hover above the seabed, instead of crawling ...

Deep sea mining operations are expected to increase the negative impact on environmental indicators by up to 13 per cent, a change categorized as having 'great' significance, relative to the 'without' ...

The US feels otherwise. “Under the Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources Act, US companies can apply for exploration licenses ...

The US government is drafting an executive order to facilitate the stockpiling of minerals from the Pacific Ocean seabed.

Deep sea mining has been off limits thus far, both because it's awfully hard, and because governments haven't yet firmed up regulations around extracting minerals offshore. That might soon change ...

In the race for green technology, the deep ocean is the new battleground. Will mining critical minerals ... Scientists warn that disrupting life in the deep sea could worsen the global carbon ...

A prototype of soft-robotic fin built by a UMD researcher's team can change its stiffness distribution as the underwater drone swims, improving its performance.