Anyone who reads RobotNext knows that one of my favorite topics is robots based on nature. I believe that the field of bionics (or biomimetics) is where many of the next cutting-edge robot designs will originate. So many current robots have animals as their models. Many of these have been written about here. You can find them in the nature section of the archives. There are snakebots, fishbots, and ratbots, to name a few.
This particular robot is based on the Amazonian Knifefish. Dubbed the Gymnobot, this fishbot is designed to propel itself through the water using a fin. With this robot, the researchers hope to prove the advantages of using a fin instead of a propellor for moving through the water. Check out this story at the link to Computerworld below.
Credit: University of Bath via PhysOrg.com
Swimming robot mimics Amazonian fish
Last year, the Sintef Group, a research company based in Trondheim, Norway, announced that it was working on a robot based on snakes. The robots, which are ...
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Swimming robot mimics Amazonian fish - Computerworld
Tue, 22 Sep 2009 05:00:33 GMT
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Posted by: foodsafe panels | November 22, 2009 at 10:28 PM
Thanks for your comment. Glad you enjoyed the post. As you can tell, I have a thing for bio-robotics.
Posted by: Mike Henry | November 28, 2009 at 09:18 PM
These of type of robots helps us to know something more about water world without going in sea and taking risks of life.
Posted by: Term Papers | January 27, 2010 at 05:12 AM
Many of these have been written about here. You can find them in the nature section of the archives.
Posted by: Term Papers | January 28, 2010 at 12:26 AM