Hi, this is Wayne again with a topic “This Robotic Fish Travels the Deep Sea”.
There’S a robotic fish in the ocean, it swims and can’t be seen. Many people don’t know about the potential of this imposter fish. Its body is made up of a soft material, but don’t expect that you can eat it. The first self-contained autonomous soft robot has been developed by MIT researchers. This fish is both soft and Powerful, able to execute an escape maneuver in just 100 milliseconds, just like a real fish, and if robots have soft bodies and hit people during an interaction, people would be safe.
This is a much easier process than if the robots had hard metal parts that might injure someone if they came in contact with them. These fishy robots are made from soft silicone, which allows them to bend and twist they’re, also safe to be around because of their soft Construction. Secondly, the robots are designed with flexible, agile movements in mind. This will push the limit on what machines can do today. Finally, our robots are self-contained and anonymous.
These robots are equipped with sensors that allow it to gather data about the water around them, which is transmitted back to researchers. This information can help scientists better understand the fluid dynamics of fish swimming and may even lead to new insights in the biomechanics of aquatic animals. But how does it work? The robot fish is powered by a battery and it can swim for hours without needing to be recharged.
This fish can store gas, mimicking the behavior of consuming nutrients and storing the gases internally and when threatened or spooked, it forces these gases through a series of pipes and valves into its body. It does this similar to how you would blow up a balloon. Additionally, fish have a series of smaller fins along the sides of their bodies, which act as stabilizers most fish use, the Escape maneuver or the C turn to escape from prey.
The mechanism is executed very fast on the order of 100 milliseconds. This robot fish is able to execute the same type of maneuver at the same speed, I.E, 100 milliseconds and indeed the possibilities are endless when it comes to the future of robotics foreign .