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Robotic Fish Built by UMass Researcher Mimics Fast Acceleration of Live Fish Modeled after the Northern pike, the robot is made of 3D-printed plastic components and mimics the fast-start response of live fish
December 15, 2020
Robotic Fish
AMHERST, Mass. – A robotic fish designed and built at a research lab at the University of Massachusetts Amherst can accelerate up to 20g, an acceleration comparable to the fastest live fish that has been measured so far. No other robotic fish has achieved such acceleration. The research was recently published in
“The very large acceleration that some species of fishes can achieve during their escape maneuver has long fascinated the researchers,” said Yahya Modarres-Sadeghi, professor of mechanical engineering. “We asked ourselves, could we make a robot that is as fast as the fastest live fishes?”