Comments on: Robo-Fish Are Ready to Take to the Seas http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/08/25/robo-fish-are-ready-to-take-to-the-seas/ 80beats is DISCOVER's news aggregator, weaving together the choicest tidbits from the best articles covering the day's most compelling topics. Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:43:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: robot makes music http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/08/25/robo-fish-are-ready-to-take-to-the-seas/comment-page-1/#comment-44649 robot makes music Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:05:57 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/08/25/robo-fish-are-ready-to-take-to-the-seas/#comment-44649 Unfortunately, Festo robots has already beat these guys to the punch and much more elegantly Example 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nzd9KA8heXE&feature=related the water-ray - unlike this MIT bot, no external power is required. Example 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vzF-_UUG2Y&feature=related The Festo "airracuda" And example 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxPzodKQays and the Festo air-ray. That's right, it flies through the air like a manta ray swims. These guys even have a robot penguin - just youtube "festo" and you'll find all sorta crazy stuff they've been doing. With a whole lot less hoopla than "We're gonna deploy these into the ocean and sniff pollution... or something" I guess the MIT bot may be smaller, but then again, I don't think Festo has MIT's funding. Unfortunately, Festo robots has already beat these guys to the punch and much more elegantly

Example 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nzd9KA8heXE&feature=related the water-ray – unlike this MIT bot, no external power is required.

Example 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vzF-_UUG2Y&feature=related The Festo “airracuda”

And example 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxPzodKQays and the Festo air-ray. That’s right, it flies through the air like a manta ray swims.

These guys even have a robot penguin – just youtube “festo” and you’ll find all sorta crazy stuff they’ve been doing. With a whole lot less hoopla than “We’re gonna deploy these into the ocean and sniff pollution… or something”

I guess the MIT bot may be smaller, but then again, I don’t think Festo has MIT’s funding.

]]> By: millionbells http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/08/25/robo-fish-are-ready-to-take-to-the-seas/comment-page-1/#comment-44587 millionbells Wed, 26 Aug 2009 12:49:27 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2009/08/25/robo-fish-are-ready-to-take-to-the-seas/#comment-44587 Oooo, think of the home aquarium potential. No finicky, reef caught fish that die as soon as you look at them. Oooo, think of the home aquarium potential. No finicky, reef caught fish that die as soon as you look at them.

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