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 RMIT team's 'Electronic Dolphin', a proof-of-concept minibot, collects kerosene oil from the surface of water, offering a safer and more targeted way to respond to spills in sensitive environments ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Engineers have created a tiny robot inspired by sea creatures to help clean up oil spills. Developed at RMIT University in ...

Credit: Peter Clarke/RMIT University/Cover Images Engineers have built a tiny “sea creature” robot that hoovers up oil spills using a filter inspired by sea urchins. Researchers at RMIT University in ...