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Underwater spy robot created by Virginia Tech researchers |
May 11, 2013
Researchers at Virginia Tech have built an autonomous, robotic jellyfish that could someday work as an underwater military spy.
The Virginia Tech College of Engineering unveiled the prototype robot, named Cyro. The life-like, autonomous robotic jellyfish weighs 170 pounds and is 5 feet 7 inches in height.
A handout photo from the school shows researchers swimming around with Cyro.
The research is backed by the U.S. Naval Undersea Warfare Center and the Office of Naval Research, which are looking for self-powering, autonomous robots to do underwater surveillance or to monitor the environment.
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