Robot Fish To Hunt Down Pollution

Posted by samzenpus on Friday March 20, 2009 @07:02AM from the uncanny-trench dept.

An anonymous reader writes "According to the Financial Times, scientists are building a shoal of robot fish to be let loose in the port [of Gijon, Spain] to check on the quality of the water. The fish are equipped with tiny chemical sensors capable of detecting pollutants in the water. These let them home in on the sources of hazardous pollutants, such as leaks from vessels or undersea pipelines. Modeled on carp and costing about £20,000 ($29,000) each to make, the fish are to be lifelike in appearance and swimming behavior so they will not alarm their fellow marine inhabitants."

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fish are prejudice? by sgt+scrub · 2009-03-20 07:07 · Score: -1, Troll

Does this mean the whitefish would be angry if the robot looks like a black fish? Can't the fish just all get along?
the fish are to be lifelike in appearance and swimming behavior so they will not alarm their fellow marine inhabitants.

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