News: Sick Robot Fish hunt out Pollution

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http://uk.reuters.com/news/video?videoId=101201&videoChannel=82

Watch the video, the robot fish movements look real under water! Pretty cool concept, each fish reacts on it's own, but they will swim in a school hunting out pollutants.


A school of pollution-detecting robotic fish are set to be released off the northern Spanish port of Gijon in a trial next year.

They are equipped with chemical sensors to sniff out potentially hazardous pollutants, such as leaks from vessels or underwater pipelines and will transmit information back to shore using ultrasound.

The team hopes the robots will eventually be able to be used in rivers, lakes and seas around the world.