Tron: Legacy Consultant Creates Robotic Fish That Can Move in Any Direction (Video)
Image via Vimeo video And you thought the robo-fish news had died down… A team of researchers, led by Malcolm MacIver, associate professor of mechanical and biomedical engineering at Northwestern’s McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science, has come up with a robotic fish based off of a “weakly electric fish” — specifically the black ghost knifefish — that uses a weak electric force-field around its body to sense prey and danger. The new robot could be a breakthrough for more nimble underwater vehicles, including those that could monitor coral reefs. Check out a video of the fish in action after the jump. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Tron: Legacy Consultant Creates Robotic Fish That Can Move in Any Direction (Video)
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