RoboTuna
The RoboTuna is a robotic fish that was designed and built by a team of scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the US. The project started in 1993. Their aim was to investigate the possibility of constructing a robotic submarine that could reproduce the way tunas swim and see if they could find a superior system of propulsion for the autonomous underwater vehicles. Their experiment was a success as they discovered that their fish was both more manoeuvrable and used less energy than other robotic submarines.The Science Museum in London, UK has one on display in their geophysics and oceanography section.[1][2][3][4][5]
References
- ^ http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects/oceanography/L2000-4475.aspx The Science Museum
- ^ http://www.robotic-fish.net/index.php?lang=en&id=robots robotic-fish.net
- ^ http://tech.mit.edu/V115/N49/robotuna.49n.html
- ^ http://edition.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/08/31/robotic.fish.mit/index.html MIT engineers create new school of robotic fish August 31, 2009
- ^ http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/robofish-abstract.html Douglas Whynott (2000) Something's Fishy about this Robot: When it comes to speed and maneuverability, fish leave man-made submersibles floundering, but RoboTuna and friends may change all that Smithsonian magazine, August