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Robotic Fish Helps Monitor Waters

16 January 2010 25 Comments

www.discoverynews.com A team of researchers at MIT are refining robotic fish technology, with the hope of using on reconnoissance missions, or for monitoring our waters.

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  • int3rl0per said:

    You just gave a whole new meaning to “sleeps with the fishes”…

  • Thereason36 said:

    They already have them in Japan… and ppl marry them in Japan.

  • AirborneSoviet said:

    lol yep.

  • camheg4 said:

    cool that is so cool i wat one :P

  • Whirinaki08 said:

    They would make great bait for fishing!

  • Beardactal said:

    Normal fish:hey look the noobie got a new hat!! haha!!!
    Robot fish:You are ignorant and stupid in everyway possible.
    Normal Fish:wat did you say to mee?
    Robot fish:Im going to plant this bomb in 2 seconds it will explode.
    Noraml Fish:WTF!!!-BOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!

  • sndymo said:

    the intel community, cia, used a simular design to monitor nuclear discharge water outside of n. korea’s nuke plants to check for traces of plutonium refinment…although there spy fish were much bigger… having small more realistic robot fish would be a better alternative….cool post

  • klarissa5 said:

    @Beardactal ROFL that made my day

  • goofyboi2008 said:

    ok so what happens when a seal or something gets hungry?llol

  • fastball97 said:

    i see your point but other people were dissin em

  • fastball97 said:

    all of you guys keep sayin the same thing … what if it gets eaten

  • dreampilot2 said:

    Yeah little kids on youtube, when they see someone from a different race even asians or white, the other ethnicities will try to bag on them. Don’t listen to these assholes.

  • fastball97 said:

    yep think their cool because they can diss hispanics

  • titusroboticfish said:

    Nice project but in similar dimensions I prefer the french robotic fish Jessiko! No wires, high manoeuvrability and autonomous mode! (see video tzRzXGO6XNw)

  • CinematicMan69 said:

    That’s too cool.

  • 2bornot2b1984 said:

    Not me.

    My comment is it will definitely get eaten.

    Besides, I think they are being paid to cunstruct the fish for more Orwelian reasons.

    Why is their objective to make this final product so that it cant be distinguished from real fish??

    If it’s purpose is to patrol oil wells etc, there is no practical reason for the robot to look identical to a real fish.

    It could look like a submarine, or a torpedo if that is what functions best.

  • rocospi said:

    He said it could be used for reconnaissance, that’s why they want it to be indistinguishable from real fish. Last thing you want, is for enemies to detect a little robot fish swimming around their waters.

  • callofdutymw2geek said:

    what if a shark eats it

  • LoneAssassinX said:

    Yup, maybe a spy fish.

  • C4nUH34rM3G0d said:

    Now they’ll have to build robotic fishermen to catch the robotic fish.

  • J801506 said:

    lol hmm.. major cramps? a burning butthole lmaoo

  • ExoneratedUndead said:

    it’ll poop some led’s and some silicone

  • MuckYu said:

    what a crap

  • piggylord32 said:

    it said they were goin to swim in places where regular fish could not survive… phail

  • 2bornot2b1984 said:

    @piggylord32

    your comment didn’t really make a point.

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