Robofish Takes To Water

Discovery News Robofish Takes To Water: "A school of small, robotic fish has been developed by MIT scientists. Made with a only handful of parts and a blend of polymers, the fish wiggle their way through water like trout and tuna.

"These new robofish could be equipped with sensors to monitor oil spills or other environmental contaminants.

"'The interesting aspect of this research is that we are the first group to tailor different polymers in different parts of the body with different dampening and stiffness properties,' said Kamal Youcef-Toumi, a scientist at MIT who, along with Pablo Vildivia Y Alvarado, is developing the robofish."