Inspired by the biomechanics of the manta ray, researchers have developed an energy-efficient soft robot that can swim more than four times faster than previous swimming soft robots. The robots are ...

Get full access to The Daily Beast for $1 Michael Phelps, eat your heart out. Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/Getty Researchers have developed a new type of robot inspired by ...

Bill Durell climbed out of the pool with ease following his first event Wednesday at the U.S. Masters Swimming Short Course National Championship in Greensboro, North Carolina. The 1,650 yards he had ...

Scientists regularly draw ideas from the natural world in a bid to improve robotic performance, and when it comes to soft robots that swim, motion in the ocean is a rich source of inspiration. The ...

What is one way to cut time in the butterfly events? Maximize your breakout. In the latest video by Abbie Fish, a Swimming World partner who travels the world providing coaching advice, the butterfly ...

The biomechanics of the manta ray inspired researchers to develop an energy-efficient soft robot that can swim more than four times faster than previous swimming soft robots. The robots are called ...

The fastest 50 m butterfly swim by a male S7 swimmer is 28.41 seconds, achieved by Shiyun Pan (China) at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 12 September 2016. In Rio Shiyun ...

image: Inspired by the biomechanics of the manta ray, researchers at North Carolina State University have developed an energy-efficient soft robot that can swim more than four times faster than ...