Robo-fish

A team of engineers at Cornell has built a robotic fish powered by electric blood, which not only serves as an energy source, but acts hydraulically to create propulsion as well. This bio-inspired approach addresses one of the great challenges for small, untethered robots – mass vs. power.

​​Robots disguised as animals have come to provide us with unprecedented insights into the natural world. Now scientists have developed a robotic fish that can swim just like a real one, allowing them to get up close and personal as a way of studying marine life. ​

A robot fish developed at Michigan State University has detected crude oil at various sites in the Kalamazoo River.

Teams of autonomous robot fish could patrol ports for telltale signs of pollutants if the EU-funded Shoal Consortium is successful.

BIOSwimmer is a battery-powered and tuna-shaped robot designed to offer surveillance in hard-to-reach places.