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

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

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 ...

The 'Electronic Dolphin' minibot eats up oil spills using an innovative filtering system, inspired by sea urchins.

RMIT University engineers in Australia have built a remote-controlled minibot that hoovers up oil spills using an innovative ...

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 – ...

RMIT researchers unveil dolphin-inspired robot designed to autonomously collect oil slicks with minimal environmental impact.

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 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 ...