Sci Adv April 2023 PMID 37043565

A versatile jellyfish-like robotic platform for effective underwater propulsion and manipulation.

Tianlu Wang, Hyeong-Joon Joo, Shanyuan Song, Wenqi Hu, Christoph Keplinger, Metin Sitti

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The discussions include recognition of the robot's jellyfish-inspired design and environmental applications, with some posts questioning its novelty by comparing it to previous devices. The tone shifts between curiosity, mild skepticism, and acknowledgment of the research's significance, demonstrating moderate interest and engagement but cautious expectations about the overall impact.

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This study introduces a flexible, jellyfish-inspired underwater robot that uses electrohydraulic actuators and soft-rigid materials to achieve quiet and gentle movement and object manipulation.
Its small size (16 cm diameter) allows it to control fluid flow for propulsion and to handle objects without physical contact, making it safer for underwater interactions, and it moves faster than many existing devices, reaching speeds of up to 61 cm/s with low power use (~100 mW).
The platform can perform multiple tasks such as fluid mixing, shape-changing, steering, wireless swimming, and cooperative movement with multiple robots, showing its potential for diverse underwater environmental applications.]

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