{"id":3352,"date":"2013-08-12T09:23:16","date_gmt":"2013-08-12T13:23:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/?p=3352"},"modified":"2013-08-12T09:25:18","modified_gmt":"2013-08-12T13:25:18","slug":"dont-get-bitten-by-one-of-these-this-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/dont-get-bitten-by-one-of-these-this-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t Get Bitten by One of These This Summer!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/files\/2013\/08\/robots.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3353\" alt=\"robots\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/files\/2013\/08\/robots-300x210.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/files\/2013\/08\/robots-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/files\/2013\/08\/robots-428x300.jpg 428w, https:\/\/blogs.library.mcgill.ca\/schulich\/files\/2013\/08\/robots.jpg 672w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Watch where you\u2019re swimming while on vacation this summer so as not to run into one of these giant jellyfish!\u00a0 Mechanical engineers at Virginia Tech have been busy developing an autonomous underwater robot that looks just like a jellyfish and acts like one too.\u00a0 It moves about just like the real thing in all depths and temperature ranges.\u00a0 The 170-pound robo-jellyfish prototype named Cyro can be used to \u201cmonitor ocean currents or enemy combatants, study aquatic life, or map the sea floor\u201d (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.prism-magazine.org\/summer13\/first-look.cfm\">Prism Magazine<\/a>).\u00a0 The project is funded by the US Navy.<\/p>\n<p>Likewise, here at McGill, engineers from McGill\u2019s Mobile Robotics Lab, School of Computer Science and the Centre for Intelligent Machines, along with partners at York University and Dalhousie University, have been busy developing their own autonomous underwater robot called the AQUA Robot that uses its six flippers to swim.\u00a0 Like Cyro, the AQUA Robot can be used for studying marine habitats.\u00a0 It \u201ccan explore underwater environments and gather data with minimum disturbance of the indigenous marine life\u201d (<a href=\"http:\/\/epitome.cim.mcgill.ca:8080\/AQUA\/project.htm\">The AQUA Project<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Watch how it moves <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9Vm-gQ9_H9I\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps you\u2019ll have a chance to see the AQUA Robot live in action by participating in McGill\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcgill.ca\/bfss\/\">Barbados Field Study Semester<\/a> where it is known to swim in the clear, warm waters off the coast of the Bellairs Research Institute in Holetown, Barbados.<\/p>\n<p>Even if your vacation doesn\u2019t take you to any exotic locations this summer, you might still have a chance to spy the AQUA Robot at the McGill Athletics swimming pool where it performs its tests.\u00a0 And if that\u2019s not enough, you can even <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mobilerobots.com\/ResearchRobots\/aqua2.aspx\">buy<\/a> one of your own!<\/p>\n<p>Happy and safe swimming this summer with or without the underwater robot!<\/p>\n<p><i>Image from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prism-magazine.org\/summer13\/first-look.cfm\">Prism Magazine<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watch where you\u2019re swimming while on vacation this summer so as not to run into one of these giant jellyfish!\u00a0 Mechanical engineers at Virginia Tech have been busy developing an autonomous underwater robot that looks just like a jellyfish and &hellip; 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