If a snail took two years to go three miles, the other snails might laugh at him. But considering where these particular three miles are, 23 months doesn't seem all that slow. At a construction site ...

A robot that can dig quickly and deeply into mud or wet sand could one day help lay underwater cables, dig up and detonate underwater mines, or anchor machines to the seafloor, researchers say. The ...

Bertha is ready to start digging. The world’s largest boring machine began drilling a nearly 2-mile highway tunnel underneath Seattle today. She won’t actually hit soil right away and will need to get ...

Researchers from MIT in Cambridge, Mass., test the RoboClam, a robotic digger that was inspired by the burrowing abilities of Atlantic razor clams. A robot that can dig quickly and deeply into mud or ...