The US Navy has a new weapon straight out of an Austin Powers movie — a robotic shark. The Navy’s new tool, dubbed GhostSwimmer, is an underwater drone designed to look and swim like a real shark and the motion…
FFAZ’s automated fish feeder is like a fish feeding robot on steroids
Everyone has probably used a regular autofeeder at one point. They offer chambers that are able to hold a couple weeks of food worth and are usually easy to program, the simple rotation design furthermore leaves little room for mechanical…
Robofish – these small fish robots are about as cheap as the toy they are
There exists countless examples of toy and robot fish but besides those giant lighter than air fish-blimps, these new little robofish are actually cheap enough to be an impulse buy. Debuted at the Tokyo Toy Fair the small Robofish are…
Meet the Mantabot: A bio-mechanical engineered manta ray
Meet Mantabot, a bio-mechanical manta ray, developed by researchers at the University of Virginia that mimics the real thing. So move over robofish, you have company! Described as one of nature’s most smooth and graceful swimmers, the manta ray is an…
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…
RoboSnail from AquaGenesis heading towards production, coming later this year
The RoboSnail from AquaGenesis, a nifty automated aquarium glass cleaner we saw poking around the internet a while back, is getting closer to retail ready and will be heading into production soon for public release later this year. The company…
Robot Fish army will be used to detect pollution, then take over the seas
British robotics team has unveiled new fish robots which are very lifelike and the are designed to happily swim around and detect water pollution with their koi-style whiskers. Don’t let the bejeweled piscine machine fool you about it’s true intentions.…
