Robot Fish to Monitor Pollution in Spanish Port

Matt Rogers · Mar 20, 2009

LONDON — A school of mechanical, battery-powered robots in the shape of fish will be released into a Spanish port to help monitor pollution there, scientists said Friday.
The 5-foot-long (1.5-meter-long) robots work by mimicking the swishing movements of a fish's tail, according to University of Essex robotics expert Huosheng Hu, whose team is manufacturing the machines.
He said the robo-fish would be equipped with sensors to monitor oxygen levels in the water, detect oil slicks spilled from ships or contaminants pumped into the water from underground pipes.
The robotic fish will patrol the harbor of Gijon, in northern Spain under a 2.5-million-pound ($3.6 million) grant from the European Union. Huosheng said Gijon was chosen because port authorities there had expressed an interest in the technology.
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bbsbliss · Mar 21, 2009

Amazing technology. Maybe they'll make an aquarium size version to monitor my tank! Oh wait, that's what I'M for...

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