Nature has often been a source of inspiration in film and literature, but more recently, engineers have gotten into the natural trend, designing robots inspired by wildlife. This development demonstrates how our surrounding environment can influence human innovation and strengthens the interaction between humans and machines.
AquaJelly
AquaJellies are artificial and autonomous jellyfish that feature a translucent hemisphere and eight tentacles that provide forward thrust. These showpieces have a central electric drive inside a watertight, laser sintered pressure compartment located at the centre of the robot. They demonstrate intelligent, self-controlled adaptive mechanical systems in the water with their collective behaviour and are capable of monitoring and controlling their power supply — this is achieved with internal sensor technology and by continuous communication with the charging station located above the surface of the water. Image: Festo
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