This terrifying toothed parasitic fish inspired robotics
Fortunately, sucking blood is not in the program of this robot.
About 400 million years ago, a parasitic jawless fish was sucking the blood of its host, unaware that one day in the distant future, this very distant evolutionary relative would be used by scientists. used as an idea to build a robot according to its shape.
That robot is AgnathaX, pictured below.
Thankfully, blood sucking is not part of this robot's program. Kamilo Melo, CEO of meteorology company KM-RoBoTa and a researcher with the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, said the robot is designed to study the spinal cord and peripheral nervous system of the human body. lampreys.
Stone lamprey.
Kamilo says these animals can teach us a lot about ourselves, because their spinal cord and peripheral nervous system are similar to those of humans, largely unchanged for several hundred million. evolutionary years passed.
The team says that their swimming robot has helped contribute new information to neuroscience about how the central and peripheral nervous systems interact to coordinate movement.
Swimming robot inspired by ancient blood-sucking parasite
The team observed how the robot can swim thanks to external sensors (mimicking the peripheral nervous system in lampreys) that allow the robot to sense the water and compensate accordingly to keep itself swimming like a ripple. .
Observing this robot has allowed scientists to study things like cutting into the spinal cord without having to injure any lampreys in the process.
Kamilo revealed that the next steps for this project could involve an attempt to control the robot and test its ability to swim when something goes wrong, in turbulent waters. This research could help inform future development of swimming robots, especially in the area of ocean exploration, as well as possibly aid in human health research.
- American sex hormones use fish trap blood
- Prehistoric fish have teeth like humans
- Whale - Fish species existed since prehistoric times
- Discovered 'vampire fish' with bizarre teeth
- Discover the most terrifying monster of the planet under the ocean
- Vietnam - US cooperates in robotics training program
- Giant swordfish in Australia
- Medical mystery reveals a new host of parasitic roundworms on mice
- Blood sucking creatures appear in tuna boxes
- Marine life brings together all the most terrifying traits you can think of
New breakthrough in laser allows matter to be transformed using light Bubble screen - Technology can prevent hurricanes from hitting the US Discovered 1,000-year-old ink pen made of bone in Ireland Physicists detect neutrino signals on large particle accelerators Open the old newspaper package, shocked by the extremely rare 70-million-year-old 'treasure' New valuable and critically endangered plant species discovered Found a contrasting version of the Earth, a year is only 8 hours long New discovery: Ants 'vomit' into each other's mouths to form social relations