Tuesday, 2 April 2013

Researchers unveil large robotic jellyfish that one day could patrol oceans

Blacksburg VA (SPX) Apr 03, 2013



Virginia Tech College of Engineering researchers have unveiled a life-like, autonomous robotic jellyfish the size and weight of a grown man, 5 foot 7 inches in length and weighing 170 pounds.

The prototype robot, nicknamed Cyro, is a larger model of a robotic jellyfish the same team - headed by Shashank Priya of Blacksburg, Va., and professor of mechanical engineering at Virginia Tech - un