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It Just Keeps Going and Going and Going ...

It Just Keeps Going and Going and Going ...

Built to look like a real fish, this robotic replica swims effortlessly in its London Aquarium tank thanks to sensor-based controls used to navigate through water to avoid obstacles. The hope of its designers is that the robo-fish could be used to explore seabeds or detect oil leaks in pipelines.

Photo: ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP/Getty Images

Oct 07, 2005
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