And so, the Argo float’s trip under the ice turned out to be an incredibly lucky accident. During an eight-month period, the ...

A small, autonomous robot disappeared beneath the Antarctic ice for eight months and then reappeared with measurements from a ...

A small robotic float slipped under the Antarctic ice, vanished from contact for eight months, and then resurfaced with a ...

Thanks to an underwater survey robot, oceanographers are getting the first-ever readings collected from underneath East ...

Hoping to collect data on the Southern Ocean’s Ross Sea, scientists deployed Marlin, an autonomous underwater vehicle, two years ago. However, it got stuck under an ice shelf. Not all was lost as the ...

A robotic float has measured the temperature and salinity from parts of the ocean never sampled before—underneath massive ...

Engineers who specialize in building NASA spacecraft to explore distant worlds are designing a fleet of underwater robot probes to measure how rapidly climate change is melting vast ice sheets around ...

A Chinese six-legged robot dog has completed tests in Antarctica, showcasing its ability to carry heavy loads in extreme cold. As reported by a state broadcaster, footage showed the robot moving a ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Engineers who specialize in building NASA spacecraft to explore distant worlds are designing a fleet of underwater robot probes to measure how rapidly climate change is melting ...