Swimming Robots (VIDEO)

Duke University

Caption

Robotic fish with the same tail programmed to have different mechanical properties swim through the water with different trajectories. Everything else being the same, the programmable 3D column creates tails that make the fish swim differently.

Credit

Xiaoyue Ni, Duke University

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