Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #12171
To: beam@sgiblab.sgi.com
From: Elmo elmo@ilid.com.au
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 13:19:34 +1100
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Aquaroids
Has anyone seen a URL for these robots. There is an article on the BBC
sci/tech
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_679000/679642.stm)
site about them with a couple photos but i haven't found anything on
Takara corps web site about them.
Elmo
Lee Golden wrote:
> I just saw a news clip about those japanese solar
> powered aquarium robots. The clip showed a robotic
> jellyfish, goldfish, crab, shrimp, and a few others.
> They have a collision avoidance system built in to
> help them avoid the sides of the tank and other robots
> that are swimming nearby. The jellyfish seemed to be
> maintaining its level in the tank by spinning its
> propellor every few seconds when it started sinking.
>
> They are supposed to go on the market (the clip didn't
> specify Japanese or American) this fall for a cost of
> about $140.00 US each. I have yet to be able to find
> any substantial information about them on the web. It
> would be interesting to reverse engineer one to see
> how they handle object avoidance, depth detection,
> etc. etc.!!!
>
> Lee Golden
> http://www.geocities.com/leemon1/Bots/Lotsabots.html
>
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