Manta ray fins have inspired the design of a soft robot that can swim faster than its record-breaking predecessor.

Manta rays are elegantly shaped. They swim by flapping their fins like enormous wings, and their gills filter for plankton ...

The robot’s Manta ray-like design will automatically snap back its fins to conserve energy. Credit: Jie Yin and Haitao Qing, North Carolina State University “Manta rays became a natural source ...

The record-breaking robot has fins shaped like those of a manta ray and is made of a material that is stable when the fins are spread wide. Study corresponding author Professor Jie Yin ...

It was just two years ago that a tiny robotic manta ray became the world's fastest-swimming soft-bodied robot. Well, one of its descendants has now smashed that record – and it uses less energy ...

The record-breaking robot has fins shaped like a manta ray, and is made of a material that is stable when the fins are spread wide. Study corresponding author Dr. Jie Yin, of North Carolina State ...

Researchers have set a new record for the fastest swimming soft robot, inspired by manta rays ... mimicking the downward stroke of a manta ray’s fin flap. When the air is released, the fins ...

This is what a recent study published in Science Advances hopes to address as a team of researchers from the University of Virginia and North Carolina State University have developed the fastest ...