A dolphin may soon help clean oil spills, but this one runs on batteries.

The Electronic Dolphin is a small robot developed by engineers from RMIT University in Australia to test an innovative method for cleaning oil spills from the ocean. It is a remote-controlled ...

A new Electronic Dolphin robot can clean up oil spills using a sea urchin-inspired filter that pulls in oil while pushing water away.

Engineers in Australia have developed a small robot designed to help clean up oil spills more safely and efficiently. The device, nicknamed the “Electronic Dolphin,” is about the size of a sneaker and ...

When it comes to systems for cleaning up marine oil spills, most of them simply float in place, waiting for the oil to come to them. A new robot, however, could proactively move through oil slicks – ...

A remotely-operated minibot developed by Australian researchers can quickly clean up oil spills using a specialised filtering ...

A remote-controlled mini robot capable of capturing oil spills using a sea-urchin-inspired filtering system has been developed by a team of RMIT University engineers in Australia.

Engineers at RMIT University have created a remote-controlled minibot that collects oil from water surfaces, inspired by sea ...