Undersea Intelligence
Wednesday, July 16, 2008 - 16:07
in Psychology & Sociology
All Together Now: AquaJellies are an experiment to create autonomous robots that can work alone or cooperatively. Photo by AP Photo; Kai-Uwe KnothSwimming around in their tank, these autonomous robotic jellyfish move alone or in a swarm and communicate with their brethren to avoid underwater collisions. Developed by German industrial-automation company Festo as an attention-grabbing experiment in cooperative robotics, each AquaJelly uses eight bendable “tentacles” to propel itself forward. read more