Yet science knows little about the complex dynamics of plankton on ocean-wide scales. So researchers are asking the machines for help, developing clever robots that use AI to examine and classify ...

By contrast, a plankton net or a water sampler ... but we train a model on data we collect in the field. The robot makes ...

Seeking answers to this question along with other insights about our oceans, scientists have built underwater robots that mimic plankton behavior and can be used to monitor surrounding ocean ...

Scientists created a soft robot filled with algae that sparkles, and they plan to use it to explore the dark depths of the ocean. The bioluminescent plankton, called a dinoflagellate, glows bright ...

Researchers can then use a mathematical model to estimate the corresponding ... much of the labeled carbon were in the plankton. [Related: A tuna robot reveals the art of gliding gracefully ...

“These patches might work like planktonic singles bars,” said Peter Franks, who worked with the robots. His theory is that these patches aid the plankton in feeding, reproduction and ...

They swim by flapping their fins like enormous wings, and their gills filter for plankton with the utmost precision. These creatures have now inspired human innovations that take soft robots and ...

The rate at which phytoplankton are disappearing as oceans warm has been vastly overestimated by a glitch in models ... caused by warming means that plankton near the surface become exposed ...