Robotic Jellyfish Explorers

Caltech's Dabiri Lab takes a big step towards equipping jellyfish to survey the ocean depths by developing a jellyfish cap that enhances swimming speed and efficiency, while carrying sensors and maintaining neutral buoyancy.
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[@CynthiaBennett-r8i]

This would be miraculous! What can be discovered and documented? Unprecedented.

[@CAMacKenzie]

You speak of jellyfish as "the most efficient swimming animals in the ocean." I wonder if it would be possible to build a mechanical propulsion system that works like a jellyfish, perhaps with a peizoelectric pulsing motor, a magnetic vibrating system, or just a crank, pushing a membrane in and out. Could such a jellyfish-style propulsion system drive a submarine? Perhaps not fast, but quietly. Or, perhaps a surface ship. Whichever, quieter and using less fuel/electric power than with regular spinning propellers.

[@Leo258-v8cab]

Soft material and studying the motion especially creating the pressure difference associated with the feeding mechanism are very hard, especially when you try to integrate those functions to a small jellyfish.

[@ugetridofit]

Such a stupid idea. Anyone with the brain of a Jellyfish would know that you cant make it go where you want. The currents will take it where it takes it. If your electronics can handle the depths, it would be far better to throw a prop on it and put it where you want. So much money and wasted on such dumb ideas.

[@craigstewart6630]

Can you post a link to your published research? I would love to read some of your work.

[@vijaypanchalr3]

​@@craigstewart6630you mustn't say such things to general people, their work is to question our work.

[@astrogokin]

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