Bioinspired Robojelly fuelled by hydrogen

American researchers have created a robotic jellyfish, named Robojelly, which not only exhibits characteristics ideal to use in underwater search and rescue operations, but could, theoretically at least, never run out of energy thanks to it being fuelled by hydrogen.

The video, provided by researchers at the University of Texas at Dallas and Virginia Tech, shows the potential of the robot as it is powered by electricity.

The paper, published in IOP Publishing's journal Smart Materials and Structures, can be downloaded from http://iopscience.iop.org/0964-1726/2...

"Hydrogen fuel-powered bell segments of biomimetic jellyfish" Tadesse Y et al 2012 Smart Mater. Struct. 21 045013

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[sharpiellll]

u robojelly?

[88kenaz]

Maybe you should stop using clothes, fork, or Youtube... so unnatural, unsupposed to be kind of stuff. Or ask yourself why do we have minds capable of this in the first place, who gave them to us...

[Sarah O'Connor]

Shh...don't tell anyone

[MrYuotube01]

Are UFOs jellyfishesh?

[sheargatru]

There goes your IP lol

[MinnesotaCouchpotato]

Is anyone else reminded of the jellyfish baddies from the underwater portion of area 1 in the original Blaster Master game?

[gil2good]

the science

[MIchał Pomarańaski]

wow

[superdau]

Oh yes, the "inquisitive" minds of the churches! How much they supported new discoveries! They "were all flames" for everything that made them change their worldview.

/sarcasm