Man-size jellyfish robot could ply the high seas
Friday, March 29, 2013 - 13:30
in Biology & Nature
By Jeanna BrynerLiveScience A giant, slimy, tentacled robot modeled after one of the world's largest jellyfish could be a precursor to self-powered, autonomous robots that monitor the seas, map the seafloor and even reveal secrets of marine life, engineers say.Dubbed Cyro, the newly unveiled robotic jellyfish is a scaled-up version of another mechanical swimmer, this one the size of a human hand, ...