Sign up to The Irish Times Archive (1859 - 2008)My Account »
Thu 09 Sep 2009A robot fish called Wanda
SCIENCE TODAY:IF YOU HAVE a problem to solve, sometimes it can help to look to nature for inspiration. Scientists at Dublin City University certainly appear to have subscribed to that school of thought – in order to patrol bodies of water for environmental warning signals they have developed a robotic fish, writes CLAIRE O’CONNELL
Named "Wanda" (Wireless Aquatic Navigator for Detection and Analysis), the hand-sized device looks and swims like a fish, complete with swishing tail, but is kitted out with a battery power supply with a built-in camera, a wireless transmitter and customised sensor apparatus as needed.
Choose a Subscription type - required
