A manta bot in action

Professors Alexander Smits (Princeton) and Hilary Bart-Smith (University of Virginia) decided to arrange a competition between their students to see who could design the best manta ray inspired robot. Mohammad Javed '11, a mechanical engineering major, took on the project as a senior thesis and represented Princeton. His manta bot, which uses a single sheet of plastic and four thin steel cables in each fin, takes a test swim in the Woodrow Wilson School fountain in this video, courtesy of Javed. To read more about Princeton robotics, visit http://paw.princeton.edu/issues/2011/11/16/pages/0038/index.xml

Category:

Music

Tags:

• manta bot
• robotics
• princeton
• alumni
• paw
• fountain