Using biomimicry, researchers have convinced real fish to follow a robot. Understanding how to build robotic leaders could help scientists engineer Pied Pipers, to lead animals away from danger.

Researchers make a robotic fish with a battery for blood A liquid battery powers pumps that use its fluid pressure to move the robot.

The robot fish used a camera to differentiate between its “prey,” the mosquitofish, and the tadpoles of the Australian motorbike frog, which the mosquitofish hunts.

Engineers have developed an underwater robot capable of matching the movements and speed of yellowfin tuna.

Researchers at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory created a soft robot that swims like a fish to get pictures and video of marine life.

The robot AgnathaX is modeled on the lamprey, a jawless, blood-sucking fish that's been largely unchanged by evolution for the past several hundred million years.

To make sure the robot's movements were realistic, the team studied the behavior of the fish, including their linear velocity, acceleration speed, vibration, tail movement rhythm, how big schools ...

Early versions of their Robofish control program caused the robot to approach schoolmates too closely, causing the real fish to back off.

The key to an efficient swimming robot is understanding the tiny whirlpools fish push against as they move.

The robot, called MuddyBot, was designed to resemble a mudskipper, a type of amphibious fish that spends its time split between land and water.

Probing the largely unexplored question of what characteristics make a leader among schooling fish, researchers have discovered that by mimicking nature, a robotic fish can transform into a leader ...