Researchers have long been working on the concept of a small underwater robot suitable for fragile environments. This time around, taking inspiration from the squid and jellyfish, they perfected it and made it more efficient by combining a soft and flexible exterior. Ideal for moving around in fragile ecosystems such as coral reefs or archaeological sites, or even for moving among swimmers.
British scientists have developed a robot shaped like a astonished, which imitates not only the delicate swimming of the animal but also its texture a little soft, in particular in order to be able to explore the Coral reefs without damaging them.
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The little robot, presented Wednesday in the scientific journal Science Robotics, imitates the way of moving “ of the most efficient swimmers found in nature, such as the blue jellyfish “, According to scientists from the universities of Southampton (southern England) and Edinburgh (Scotland).
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The researchers decided to exploit the “uniqueness” of these “fascinating” organisms to build a new tool for underwater exploration, according to le professeur Francesco Giorgio-Serchi, University of Edinburgh. He points out that “ their lack of skeletal structure does not prevent them from achieving exceptional feats in matter of swimming ».
Ideal for exploring sensitive environments
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The robot, consisting of a head in rubber which overcomes eight tentacles made by a 3D printer, uses a system based on the resonance to propel itself, thus becoming ” the first submersible to demonstrate its advantages “. It works thanks to a piston which will strike at the junction of the head and the tentacles. If this strikes at the ideal frequency – that of the natural resonance of the components – this allows the robot to generate large jets of water with very littleenergy, to propel itself forward and be like this ” ten to fifty times more efficient than typical small propeller-driven underwater vehicles ».
« This increased efficiency, coupled with the advantages of the robot’s soft and flexible exterior, would make it ideal for operating nearsensitive environments like a Coral reef, sites archaeological or even in waters crowded with swimmers “, Is it specified in the press release.
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The little robot could thus replace divers in many tasks where underwater vehicles are not normally used, for fear of breaking fragile or expensive objects, as in theapplication of substances in the corals to heal them.
Already tested in a basin, the robot has not yet been tested in real conditions, in the ocean.
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The University of Southampton now wants to use this concept to assemble “ a vehicle submarine fully maneuverable and autonomous ».
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