Roller coasters, bumper cars, musicals, or ziplines: Cruise ships offer plenty to entertain passengers. One cruise line is now testing the entertainment of the future–with robots on cruise ships.

The oceans remain one of the world’s most critical yet technologically underdeveloped infrastructures. Despite carrying the majority of global trade and supporting a rapidly expanding blue economy, ...

SAN DIEGO, California—Boston-based Blue Water Autonomy aims to take its 190-foot robot patrol craft from prototype to production this year, joining a newly crowded field of startups and established ...