Would you like to try something new an exciting? It’s only a few steps up from the Lego robots, so invest €10 million in a robotic octopus and you will be able to search the seabed just like the real thing. At least that's what it says, these scientist that are attempting to build a robot with arms that work in the same way that octopuses tentacles are stepping foot onto new soil. Having no solid skeleton or frame, this robot would be world’s first entirely soft robot.” The trouble with today's remote-controlled subs, is that their large hulls and clunky robot arms cannot reach into the nooks and crannies of coral reefs or the rock formations on ocean floors. That means they are unable to photograph objects in these places or pick up samples for analysis. And that's a major drawback for oceanographers hunting for signs of climate change in the oceans and on coral reefs”. Said Cecilia Laschi of Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna in Pisa. Do to the fact an octopus's tentacles are capable of and moving in all directions, they can reach, grasp and manipulate objects in tiny spaces with precise precision. "So we are replicating the muscular structure of an octopus by making a robot with no rigid structure - and that is completely new to robotics," she says This is truly a great leap in the scientific field in the robot area.
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I applaud you for picking the hardest topic to find on the intnernet. But i was able to uncover some information about the subject and saw that they have all the technology there the only hold back is figureing a way to manipulate the "tentacles" to act like a real octopus' tentacles.
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20127006.500-robot-octopus-will-go-where-no-sub-has-gone-before.html
This seems really cool because the octopus is a submarine. The only problem is that their large hulls and clunky robot arms cannot reach into the nooks and crannies of coral reefs or the rock formations on ocean floors, this means they cannot take accurate pictures.
http://clipmarks.com/clipmark/4891DC0E-C980-458F-A94F-C112D3A303BA/
This is pretty cool because if a robot were to be able to copy the behavior of the octopus' real muscle than it would make exploring the ocean a lot easier. If the scientist are able to recreate this behavior than it would be a breakthrough in robotics
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20127006.500-robot-octopus-will-go-where-no-sub-has-gone-before.html
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