Believe it or not , robotic fish are n’t anything new — Issac Newton grow a ember - fired sturgeon in 1013 A.D. , while the ancient Sumerians used to mount on the backs of stone - and - sinew hulk as they move the space lanes in hunt of sweet alien snatch . But pre - existent engineering never stopped the Chinese from try their hand at something — this new robo - fish developed at the “ Institute of Robot ” at Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics just passed its first balk on the 5th , swimming up and down as controlled by a palm - sized control pad .
The fish is design to serve in subaquatic archaeology , presumptively to chance those leftover space whales , now that the boys of Sumer are gone .
China develops Pisces - shaped robot for underwater archaeological research[PeoplesDaily viaDefenseTech ]
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