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Robo-carp are coming I love this story:
Armed with nothing more than a couple of sensors, a robotic fish unveiled by Japanese scientists this week could one day be used to observe fish in the ocean or survey oil platforms for damage.
Modelled on the koi, a decorative strain of carp popular in Japan, the remote-controlled white, red and gold robot can manoeuvre its way around a fish pond with a realistic flick of its tail.
The 80-cm (32-inch) carp can also use sensors in its mouth to monitor the concentration of oxygen in water, a key to fish health, said project leader Tetsuo Ichikizaki of Ryomei Giken, a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd <7011.T>, in Hiroshima, western Japan.
I wonder if this works with the great white shark.
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In the olden days (1950s) it used to be said give an Englishman a piece of tin and he’ll do something stupid with it. Sounds like the Japanese have taken over that role 🙂
I can see it now—Godzilla vs. MegaRoboCarp.
Pass the popcorn.
USDA Confirms Mad Cow Case in Alabama
With this here now you may be right
Total carp!
(someone had to say it)….
This isn’t 100% new news. A few years ago I remember reading obout the USN’s RoboTuna. Aparently it was reckoned by Navu scientists that a torpedo that swam like a tuna was faster, more efficient and stealthier.
Hats off to the Japs. I like fish and I like robots. I want a robot (like we were all supposed to have by now, according to the 60s). If I had a robot I’d be able to let that Somali illegal go.
It’s from Hiroshima. Interesting.
(Insert atomic mutant fish joke here.)
And also-
“The robotic fish, which cost 30 million yen ($250,000) to develop”…
I know people who have caught fish that, by the time the trip and equipment wre costed out, were more expensive.
Yes, but can it catch wallets?