Bionic Jellyfish
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
Festo, in conjunction with the specialist display technology company, Effekt-Technik GmbH, has developed a bionic jellyfish. Say hello to AquaJelly.
The bionic jellies were created to study swarming behaviour. Each AquaJelly is able to sense various aspects of its environment and to function completely autonomously, but it’s also equipped with communicative faculties that enable it to cooperate with other members of the group.
I’m not quite sure what all that means but here it is in action.
that would be cool if they started selling them to people who want jellys but cant keep them because of the extreme special needs like special tank and filters if they do some one please tell me
that’s pretty amazing – the video shows that they may actually be able fit in with their surroundings in the ocean and what not… i’m eager to see if real jellies will connect with it or be aggressive.