Robot jellyfish spotted oil spills

Engineers at Virginia Tech University have researched and developed a robot called Robojelly that mimics the graceful movement of jellyfish. Robots can detect oil spills, track submarines, or observe the movement of fish.

This robot is made with the main material is silicon, allowing it to flow deep into the corners more effectively than metal robots.

The era of automated robots is
get closer to real life. (Source: physorg.com)

This is a breakthrough because jellyfish are a difficult model to 'copy' because of their special shape and complex motion.

Robotjelly has been tested for flexibility, bending ability as well as chemical detection in the ocean, it can also be twisted through a small crack. However, according to scientists, the speed of operation of this robot is slow, need to improve to accelerate.

However, according to analysts, the most striking feature of this robot is its 'sensitivity' , which can detect all sorts of 'strange' phenomena in the ocean, even sensing the movement of the fish.