Robotic Fish Track Targets, Communicate With One Another

Roland Piquepaille writes "Many of today's underwater robots need to periodically come up to the surface to communicate with their human supervisors. But researchers at the University of Washington (UW) have developed a new kind of underwater vehicle. The 'Robofish' can work cooperatively with each other. 'The Robofish, which are roughly the size of a 10-pound salmon, look a bit like fish because they use fins rather than propellers.' According to the researchers, such robots 'could cooperatively track moving targets underwater, such as groups of whales or spreading plumes of pollution, or explore caves, underneath ice-covered waters, or in dangerous environments where surfacing might not be possible.' Further information and more pictures are also available for these autonomous fin-actuated underwater vehicles."

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Re:Anyone else miss the cold war?

[Anonymous Coward]

Don't worry, in the direction your nation is going you are gaining cold war enemies at quite the rate due to how you are treating the rest of the world. Even your former allies are starting to back away.

You will get your cold war back.

Re:Anyone else miss the cold war?

[belligerent0001]

I find it comical when people mention the "Cold War" as though it ended. It never really ended. The same jack offs that were in power are still in power. The only thing that really happened is that the break up of the old Soviet Union allowed the powers of the west to move closer to the traditional Russian borders AND allow us to move our bases closer to that border through treaties with the former Sov. States like Poland, Estonia, Latvia, etc. We won a battle in the cold war nothing more. (Thank Ronny! Sincerely!). I might point also point out that the bases that we closed, after being asked by the host governments, in Germany, Italy, etc., had a DRAMATIC impact on those countries' economics, for the worse. They love our dollars just not us...what f-ing whores they all are. F Europe...we left for a reason remember? And we have done just fine not being there. While I am at it...F the Middle East too, I am only a few million votes away from being elected President and putting the only good thing that Carter gave this country, the Neutron Bomb, on the entire stinking region. Then we could just ship the border jumpers there to drill and process the oil.