Robotic Fish

[BonesCJ]

Self Guided robotic fish created by scientists at essex univ. very cool.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eO9oseiCTdk

 

[Whys]

I'm impressed.

 

[reefwizz]

Thats pretty sweet

 

[Whys]

Will it eat flatworms and nuisance algae?

 

[BonesCJ]

with its killer death ray eyes it will :-D

 

[papdt]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14998904#post14998904 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Whys
Will it eat flatworms and nuisance algae?

no, but it will nip on any fake corals and ornaments

 

[Whys]

Ammonia: 0
Nitrite: 0
Nitrate: 0
WD40: 1200 ppm

 

[ambaratur]

I can just imagine a few years from now a thread title: I'm having trouble with hair algae on my robotic fish.

 

[BonesCJ]

http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/CC140C99-A0CD-43B3-BA02-17561AE653E1/

This is pretty cool, using it to track pollution.

 

[RobbyVonAwesome]

Very cool.

 

[fufu]

looks like a clumsy koi...wonder how long the battery last.

 

[Taqpol]

They had an article about that in Popular Science a few years ago, but I never got to see it swim before. When I went looking for my avatar for this site I google image searched "fish" and it was one of the first results .