Engineers have designed a robot that can swim in the water column. In this respect informs Brown University.
In the process of evolution, living organisms have developed adaptations to their environment. It is often more profitable for roboticists to copy solutions “developed” by nature than to invent them from scratch. This led to the emergence of an entire class of zoo-like robots.
When developing the Pleobot, the researchers were inspired by krill, tiny shellfish that swim, accelerate, brake and spin well despite their small size. The pleobot consists of three articulated parts on a movable joint, on which it can perform oscillating movements. The control system also allows you to move the forked fins.
The specimen collected is about ten times the actual size of krill, rarely exceeding one centimeter in length. The main parts of the robot can be 3D printed, and plans are made public so that other research teams can develop the robot or equip it with sensors to create a science platform based on Pleobot.
Researchers believe that in the future such robots could be used to map Earth’s oceans, as well as be sent to the oceans of the solar system’s aquatic worlds such as Enceladus and Europa.
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