Robot Fish From MIT
August 25th, 2009
The sea is quickly getting crowded with all kinds of robot fish. The latest from MIT are designed to monitor “pipelines, sunken ships, and pollution.” This robot trout is a lot like the British robotic carp we told you about earlier this year. Its main use is to carry sensors and keep an eye on industrial projects where divers can’t go.
Each fish has just 10 parts and uses only a few watts of power, while measuring between 5 and 8 inches long. It also moves very much like the real thing. For now, its a research project, but the university has plans to use the same techniques they used here to build robot salamanders and manta rays.
