Hoping to collect data on the Southern Ocean’s Ross Sea, scientists deployed Marlin, an autonomous underwater vehicle, two ...

However, it got stuck under an ice shelf. Not all was lost as the robot dove and took measurements in the water. But, now that its data has been analyzed, an even more worrisome showing ...

Researchers are working on technology that could follow NASA’s Europa Clipper mission and hunt for life in the ocean of Jupiter’s moon. At long last, NASA’s Europa Clipper mission is on its way.

I haven't sobbed in the dark watching a cartoon about a robot since Wall-E in 2008. James Joyce is executive editor of ACM, the publisher of this masthead. Based in Canberra, he is a former editor of ...

Life-seeking, ice-melting robots could punch through Europa’s icy shell At long last, NASA’s Europa Clipper mission is on its way. It launched on October 14 and is now en route to its target ...

After what feels like an Ice Age of waiting, our favorite prehistoric crew is gearing up for another frosty adventure; you heard it right, Ice Age 6 has officially a release date. Disney is ...

A cryobot, a specialized probe that can melt through thick icy crusts, would carry these tiny robots beneath the ice. The robots would scatter once they were in the ocean, looking for temperature ...

The tech leader thinks robots will catapult Tesla to becoming a $US25 trillion company. But Amazon’s robotics boss says it ‘starts verging into creepy’. But ...