Category: Ocean Robots

Ocean Robots – SeaRobo.com

A soft, on-the-fly solution to a hard, underwater problem

By Lindsay Brownell This fully 3D-printed version of the grippers includes “fingernails” on the ends of the fingers to help pick up organisms that are sitting on hard surfaces, as well as mesh extensions between the fingers to keep samples secure. Credit: Wyss Institute at Harvard University (CAMBRIDGE, Mass.) — The deep ocean – dark, cold, under high pressure, and...

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No more Iron Man: submarines now have soft, robotic arms

(CAMBRIDGE, Mass.) — The human arm can perform a wide range of extremely delicate and coordinated movements, from turning a key in a lock to gently stroking a puppy’s fur. The robotic “arms” on underwater research submarines, however, are hard, jerky, and lack the finesse to be able to reach and interact with creatures like jellyfish or octopuses without damaging...

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