A Virginia Tech College of Engineering team has announced their successful testing of this new jellyfish robot. Weighing in at 170 pounds, the robot prototype called Cyro, is far larger than its predecessor.
In 2012, the team led by Professor Shashank Priya revealed RoboJelly, approximately the size of a real jellyfish. In less than a year, they have evolved from the size of a human hand to nearly 6 feet in length.
Cyro is the product of nationwide research funded by U.S. Naval Undersea Warfare Center and the Office of Naval Research. The $5 million research program includes other universities as well such as University of California Los Angeles, the University of Texas at Dallas and Stanford University.
UCLA’s research is developing underwater sensing and communication for the jellyfish robots based on electric fields. The goal is to create robots that are autonomous and self-powered to conduct surveillance. They could also be deployed to map ocean floors, study marine life and monitor the environment and ocean currents.
Read also:
Man-sized jellyfish robot to roam the ocean (USA TODAY)
Meet Cyro, the giant autonomous robot jellyfish that could soon roam the seas (ITworld.com)
New Robot Jelly Fish Is No Less Creepy Than Real Thing, Much More Helpful (Geekosystem)
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