MSU Swims With the Fishes
More robotic fish are in the news as Xiaobo Tan and Elena Litchman of Michigan State University have gotten funding to research their patrolling bots. A 9" yellow perch prototype is already swimming in Tan's tank. The finished product will have sensors to record temperature, oxygen content, pollutants and algae. Litchman claims, "It will bring environmental monitoring to a whole new level." Yeah, unless a robotic shark has the munchies.
Via Physorg
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Posted by Sheila Franklin at November 9, 2009 1:55 PM
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