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A menagerie of bioinspired robots for ocean monitoring. Credit: Bujard et al., Sci. Robot. 6, eabd2971 (2021)
January 28, 2021
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A robot inspired by the shape and delicate underwater movements of a jellyfish, allowing it to safely explore endangered coral reefs, was unveiled by British scientists on Wednesday. According to research by teams at the universities of Southampton and Edinburgh and published in the journal Science Robotics, the small robot mimics "nature's most efficient swimmer—the Aurelia aurita jellyfish"...

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