FdmNews 0 Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 Okay, so they still look like Depression-era bath toys, but Maurizio Porfiri's robot fish have come a long way from the coconut-and-tin-foil look they were sporting last summer. In an attempt to further "close the loop" between robotics and nature, Porfiri has continued to tinker with the little leaders by incorporating diving and surfacing into their aquatic repertoire, and it seems to be working: real fish have shown interaction patterns including tracking, gathering, and following in the presence of the pesci-bots. Now if they could just do the same with the the feral ferret living in our bedroom walls...Robot fish get upgraded, keep schooling real-life counterparts originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 09 Mar 2011 14:03:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. View the full article Link to comment
gogoblender 3,071 Posted March 9, 2011 Share Posted March 9, 2011 I love micro miniaturization like this regarding life forms. I read years back from the Rama series how they were building mini bumble-bees and other animals to get work done. Today fishies, tomorrow... Dinosaurs! gogo Link to comment
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