Robot Living

A grant from the Office of Naval Research has funded research at the University of New Orleans’ School of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, resulting in a robotic eel.

Thanks to  Dr. Brandon Taravella and his research team, the eel is made up of 13 sections, each one containing a servo motor.  The brain is in the eel’s head and the plastic housing is made from a 3D printer.  The robotic eel will contain a variety of sensors and be used to check for mines or other suspicious activity.

This is not the first robot like this.  We have also seen Georgia Tech’s sand swimming robot as well as other snake robots, but hopefully this one will help keep our troops safe.

The screen grab photo is from an ABC video at the source.

Link via (ABC 26)

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