Friday Smorgasbord: Robotic Fish Edition

Today’s Friday Smorgasbord features some cool stories ranging from robotic fish, pesky dolphins, fun facts about fish and one of the deepest fish you’ll ever meet! Cool Robotic Fish The robot fish This MIT robot has fish convinced it’s one…

SoFi Is A Soft Robotic Fish Built For Underwater Exploration

Researchers at MIT unveiled a new take on underwater exploration, with the creation of a robotic fish with a soft undulating tail. The soft robotic fish or SoFi for short, doesn’t rely on propellers or jet-based propulsion instead, a hydraulic pump…

Advancing technology helps build a more realistic robotic fish

We have covered robitic fish quite extensively, but recent advancements in technology and the availability of cutting edge “off the shelf” technology in the new maker movement, robotic fish  are getting more advanced and approachable. Take for instance Maurizio Porfiri,…

Robotic fish almost as good as the real thing

Robotic fish are nothing new. Researchers have studied and developed different robotic fish that mimic the real thing and provide valuable data to scientists. Often it is manking reaping the benefits of these robotic fish as they glean data and…

Robotic fish to swim, monitor the open seas

Robotic fish are not the latest Hollywood horror flick but they are looking to make a “splash” and be released in the wild to monitor and transmit  conditions from bodies of water to researchers ashore. In tandem, zoologists and engineers…

Meet BIKI The Robotic Photography Fish

BIKI The Robotic Photography Fish BIKI is the world’s first unmanned underwater vehicle which propels itself through the water like a fish! Not only is this the cutest underwater drone we’ve come across, it also has a powerful onboard camera capable…

Robojelly is a robotic jellyfish that is conveniently powered by water

[youtube width=”680″ height=”400″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2OSJQhHQp8[/youtube] If you needed any more convincing to look to nature for engineering inspiration, the Robojelly is just the latest in a long line of robots taking a page from oceanic and aquatic creatures. Like robotic fish, robotic snails and…

Friday Smorgasbord: One fish, two fish edition

We’re getting closer to MACNA and the end of summer ? but we have another edition of the Friday Smorgasbord that hopefully is a nice consolation prize. Have a great weekend all! Home for Wayward Goldfish     France's unwanted goldfish get new home…

MOAI Robotic Glass Cleaner Is Now Pre-Selling An Improved Version!

We can’t believe that it’s already been a year since we first and last mentioned the ground-breaking Moai robotic glass cleaner . This mobile robot also has a built in webcam so not only can you have the glass cleaned…

Grab your Biki bionic wireless fish on Kickstarter

Remember BIKI, the robotic underwater camera that swims like a fish we wrote about a few months ago? Well now you can grab one via the BIKI Kickstarter campaign for $599. We’ve seen some pretty cool underwater drones that we…