Thursday, March 16, 2006

Robot Fishes Are Making Waves




People who know real fish can smell something fishy here. The fish with blue dots on white body was designed and developed by computer scientists in UK. The fish's battery lasts for up to five hours.

Presently these guys are swimming alongside their living counterparts in aquariums while scientists are exploring about their real-life applications.

Japanese scientists have modelled the Koi and unveiled a robotic fish that can manoeuvre its way around a fish pond with a realistic flick of its tail.

These robots can fool the fish and be put to several uses that we humans desire, but is unlikey to be available for our consumption anytime soon because it comes with a very heavy price tag; it cost 30 million yen ($250,000) to develop from a previous prototype.

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