The invention may sound like a quirky science fair project, but it solves a serious problem. Scientists invent tiny ...

Equipped with a grasping arm attachment, video camera and 100-meter tether, the Power Hawks of South River High School deployed a 30-pound waterproof robot into the South River Wednesday to collect ...

You may have heard of Robot Wars and the Roomba. This is similar. A Chicago nonprofit wanted to fight trash on a floating garden installed along the Chicago River. So ...

Pay a visit to the Chicago River this summer, and you’ll find that it has an intriguing new addition to the local wildlife. Amongst the myriad birds, fish, and occasional beaver or otter, keen-eyed ...

The project is the work of Urban Rivers, a team that previously created a successful crowdfunding campaign to develop “floating gardens” to restore natural wildlife habitats in the Chicago River.

A nonprofit is trying to crowdfund a floating, trash-cleaning robot that anyone can remotely control over the internet. The nonprofit Urban Rivers already has a prototype running in the Chicago River ...

People strolling along the Chicago River this summer might spot an unfamiliar watercraft navigating the North Branch. In an effort to attack the river’s pollution, Urban Rivers, a Chicago-based ...

It is often difficult to describe the state of my world without getting too personal or too specific, because I don’t think either of us want that. So instead, I’ll say that I’ve been challenged, ...

The Chicago River is filled with pollution and trash that make the body of water unsafe for swimmers. Cleaning up all this garbage is a difficult task, which is why one startup turned to the internet ...