Robotic ray could end up flapping through an ocean near you

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Sometime in the future, perhaps sometime soon, the robotic jellyfish, octopi and fish cruising the world’s oceans may have to make way for one other companion – the robotic ray. A team led by University of Virginia engineering professor Hilary Bart-Smith has created such a “creature,” in hopes that its autonomously-operated descendants may someday help us humans explore and study the sea, or possibly perform surveillance for the military... Continue Reading Robotic ray could end up flapping through an ocean near you

Section: Robotics

Tags: Autonomous Vehicle, Biomimicry, Fish, Robots, Underwater, University of Virginia

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