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Reservoir Bots

Author
National Science Foundation
Published
Mon 14 Dec 2009
Episode Link
http://nsfgov.http.internapcdn.net/nsfgov_vitalstream_com/podcast/reservoir_bots.mp3

Michigan State University researchers have designed robots that, in the future, could be ocean-going and cooperatively track moving targets underwater. Schools of swimming robots would be able to work together to do things that one could not do alone, such as tracking large herds of animals or mapping expanses of pollution that can grow and change shape.

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