{"id":19322,"date":"2018-03-23T08:47:20","date_gmt":"2018-03-23T15:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/?p=19322"},"modified":"2018-03-23T13:48:04","modified_gmt":"2018-03-23T20:48:04","slug":"robot-fish-built-get-undersea-images-humans-cant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peewee.com\/2018\/03\/23\/robot-fish-built-get-undersea-images-humans-cant\/","title":{"rendered":"This robot fish can swim alongside real fish and get undersea images that humans can&#8217;t!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='flex-video widescreen'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A Robotic Fish Swims in the Ocean\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Dy5ZETdaC9k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>This is SoFi, MIT&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.csail.mit.edu\/\">Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory<\/a>\u00a0(CSAIL)\u00a0&#8220;Soft Robotic Fish.&#8221; It moves like a fish and even looks like one but it&#8217;s really a robot that is gathering underwater images for the lab. It can swim close to real fish for several minutes at at time!<\/strong><\/p>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1497\" height=\"751\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19327\" src=\"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-23-at-8.38.51-AM.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-23-at-8.38.51-AM.png 1497w, https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-23-at-8.38.51-AM-640x321.png 640w, https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-23-at-8.38.51-AM-768x385.png 768w, https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-23-at-8.38.51-AM-1024x514.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1497px) 100vw, 1497px\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.mit.edu\/2018\/soft-robotic-fish-swims-alongside-real-ones-coral-reefs-0321\"><em>MIT News<\/em> reports<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Using its undulating tail and a unique ability to control its own buoyancy, SoFi can swim in a straight line, turn, or dive up or down. The team also used a waterproofed Super Nintendo controller and developed a custom acoustic communications system that enabled them to change SoFi\u2019s speed and have it make specific moves and turns.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"921\" height=\"851\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19331\" src=\"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-23-at-8.44.08-AM.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-23-at-8.44.08-AM.png 921w, https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-23-at-8.44.08-AM-640x591.png 640w, https:\/\/peewee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-23-at-8.44.08-AM-768x710.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 921px) 100vw, 921px\" \/>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cTo our knowledge, this is the first robotic fish that can swim untethered in three dimensions for extended periods of time,\u201d says CSAIL PhD candidate Robert Katzschmann, lead author of the new journal article published today in\u00a0<em>Science<\/em><em>Robotics<\/em>. \u201cWe are excited about the possibility of being able to use a system like this to get closer to marine life than humans can get on their own.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"giphy-embed\" src=\"https:\/\/giphy.com\/embed\/kFyR08iYZl1OE1QvHS\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>So cool!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=13503-20&l=alb&o=1&a=B075M7VSCM\" width=\"1px\" height=\"1px\" alt=\"\" style=\"position: fixed !important; bottom: -1px !important; right: -1px !important; border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><img src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=13503-20&l=alb&o=1&a=B001ARYDFA\" width=\"1px\" height=\"1px\" alt=\"\" style=\"position: fixed !important; bottom: -1px !important; right: -1px !important; border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><img src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=13503-20&l=alb&o=1&a=B071WK1CD8\" width=\"1px\" height=\"1px\" alt=\"\" style=\"position: fixed !important; bottom: -1px !important; right: -1px !important; border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><img src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=13503-20&l=alb&o=1&a=B01JUJK77W\" width=\"1px\" height=\"1px\" alt=\"\" style=\"position: fixed !important; bottom: -1px !important; right: -1px !important; border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><img src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=13503-20&l=alb&o=1&a=B00TV385HC\" width=\"1px\" height=\"1px\" alt=\"\" style=\"position: fixed !important; bottom: -1px !important; right: -1px !important; border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><img src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=13503-20&l=alb&o=1&a=B00TV385NQ\" width=\"1px\" height=\"1px\" alt=\"\" style=\"position: fixed !important; bottom: -1px !important; right: -1px !important; border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><img src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=13503-20&l=alb&o=1&a=B071CKBYQ9\" width=\"1px\" height=\"1px\" alt=\"\" style=\"position: fixed !important; bottom: -1px !important; right: -1px !important; border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><img src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=13503-20&l=alb&o=1&a=B01CJKRNAS\" width=\"1px\" height=\"1px\" alt=\"\" style=\"position: fixed !important; bottom: -1px !important; right: -1px !important; border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><img src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=13503-20&l=alb&o=1&a=B072LQRRYD\" width=\"1px\" height=\"1px\" alt=\"\" style=\"position: fixed !important; bottom: -1px !important; right: -1px !important; border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><!-- A 2x5 Grid Template Layout. 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