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Robotic Fish Track Targets, Communicate With One Another
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on Sunday June 08, @12:08PM
from the there's-a-fish-net-joke-here-somewhere dept.
from the there's-a-fish-net-joke-here-somewhere dept.
Roland Piquepaille writes "Many of today's underwater robots need to periodically come up to the surface to communicate with their human supervisors. But researchers at the University of Washington (UW) have developed a new kind of underwater vehicle. The 'Robofish' can work cooperatively with each other. 'The Robofish, which are roughly the size of a 10-pound salmon, look a bit like fish because they use fins rather than propellers.' According to the researchers, such robots 'could cooperatively track moving targets underwater, such as groups of whales or spreading plumes of pollution, or explore caves, underneath ice-covered waters, or in dangerous environments where surfacing might not be possible.' Further information and more pictures are also available for these autonomous fin-actuated underwater vehicles."
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Anyone else miss the cold war? (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:Anyone else miss the cold war? (Score:5, Insightful)
Oh and they still have the ability to kill every single man woman and child on this planet in less than 12 hours.
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Of course, I'm talking about Russia, not the US, though I'll
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There's a big chance that new cold war will start but it'll be much different that the previous one. It ca
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They will probably send
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But.. do they fart? (Score:3, Funny)
An Ig Noble award was for Fish Flatulence as a means of communication [bioedonline.org].
So we just need to create a robotic Bender, that burps and has an exploding ass, to really understand nature.
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Skin depth -- why submarines use VLF radio (Score:5, Informative)
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Hey code monkey... learn electronics! [nerdkits.com]
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Prey (Score:4, Interesting)
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I can't believe the forward thinking about oceanic pollution when it comes to putting devices like this in the water is n
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Why are you "sure" of that?
Most of the materials are obvious (metal, plastic, printed circuit board, battery) so unless
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need a better apronym (Score:5, Funny)
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You can bet your bottom dollar... (Score:3, Funny)
The first time a fisherman accidentally catches one of these things, I have no doubt he'll swear it weighed at least 30 pounds, was half the length of his boat and towed him around the bay for half an hour.
When he realized what he had, of course, he released it.
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Surf Patrol (Score:3, Interesting)
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Why? (Score:2)
If we were to develop synthetic muscles, then and only then does linear propulsion
Forget SkyNet (Score:3, Funny)
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Roland's blogspam (Score:2)
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