Autonomous swimming robot inspired by the sea turtle
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A back view of the concept for the finished robot
The current naro - tartaruga prototype, minus the shell
naro - tartaruga's "shell" will be used to house a variety of sensors
naro - tartaruga is scheduled to make its first dive later this month
A conceptual rendering of the completed naro - tartaruga robot
A top view of the concept for the finished robot
A cut-away view of the finished robot
Article Summary
Well, we shouldn’t be surprised. Scientists have created swimming robotic versions of the cow-nosed ray, the jellyfish, the sunfish, the tuna, and just the generic “fish,” so why not the sea turtle? That’s what a group of scientists from the ETH Zurich research group are in the process of doing, and they’ve named it naro - tartaruga (the original naro was another robotic tuna). As it turns out, a couple of the sea turtle’s natural features make for a pretty good robot.
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