Autonomous RoboFish at the London Aquarium

mikael writes "The London Aquarium currently has an exhibit based on autonomous robotic fish. Each fish is 50 cm long, 15 cm high, and 12cm wide with a maximum swim speed of 50cm/second with battery life lasting up to 5 hours at half speed. The BBC has more details (with video). Many more videos are available at the Robotics Video Gallery." From the article: "We have embedded sensors on board - so, unlike the previous fishes that have remote controls, these are fully autonomous and artificial-intelligence based ... This one is more life-like - it mimics normal swimming and sharp turning ... People get confused and think it's a real fish."

Comments

Do not use Electric Fish in Bathtub!

[billstewart]

Do not use Happy Fun Electric Fish in Bathtub or Aquarium.
Do not taunt Happy Fun Electric Fish.
Keep Happy Fun Electric Fish in refrigerator when not in use.
Do not let Happy Fun Electric Fish locate Sarah Conner..

So when they run out of batteries?

[nihilistcanada]

Do they float up to the surface upside down?

Tunaring Test

[Anonymous Coward]

Can real fish tell the difference? Do they react like they would to another fish...assuming real fish DO react to other fish, I mean. I don't know anything about fish but at least I'm anonymous.

Re:Evolution

[Alien Being]

Or RoboCarp.