Robotic Sharks Deciphering How the Jaws of the Ocean Swim | Video
Thursday, April 26, 2012 - 19:41
in Biology & Nature
A professor at Vassar College, Dr. Long and his team study real live sharks and their vertebral columns. They then takes these findings and design computer models and artificial vertebral columns to understand sharks' movement and biomechanics.
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