Swimming with robots: investigating fish locomotion, sensing, and schooling behavior with robotic swimmers
Guy Theraulaz
Nature Communications, Published online: 02 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41467-026-72478-6 Robotic fish are shifting from engineering curiosities to experimental partners in biology. This Perspective highlights how adaptive, closed-loop robots enable controlled tests of neuromechanical, sensorimotor and social feedback underlying fish behavior.