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by sonja on March 21, 2006
The robo-carp is 31.5 inch long, weighs 26 lbs, and is modeled after one of these most beautiful and recognizable koi.
The robo-carp is remote controlled and can swim quite life-like with its 5 jointed motors. It can even dive by way of an ingenious weight mechanism inside its body. To top things off, it has a high quality CCD digital camera in its mouth.
Partly funded by Mitsubishi Heavy industries, researchers plan to use the carp to analyze water quality with the intension that further research could lead to an autonomous version.
Watch the video to see the robo-carp in action!
via electro & plankton
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