This Fish Can Decide Where To Go By Controlling Its Robotic Fish Tank
This goldfish is not just any fish, it controls a robotic tank with its movement. As it changes its position relative to the middle of the tank, so does the speed and direction of a robot, allowing the pet to exercise some agency.
The invention was made by a group of friends for Build18, annual engineering festival organized by Carnegie Mellon University. “We were sitting around one day trying to think of project ideas when we looked at the Fish in our Fraternity house, Walter, and decided it would be awesome if he could hang out with us! From there, coming up with a design was pretty simple,” Zachary Newman told Bored Panda. The guys say they built the robot in three days, but are planning to make an improved version with higher grade materials provided by Intel.
Fish controlling robots… What could go wrong, right?
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This goldfish is not just any fish, it controls a robotic tank with its movement
As it changes its position relative to the middle of the tank, so does the speed and direction of a robot
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Nooo - now that's going to be stuck in my head for the rest of the day!! Good one though!!
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My community tankful of fish would blow up that motor- this is better for my bum fish going absolutely nowhere in life.
The fish panicky tries to escape but the aquarium is programmed to "follow" it!
Poor thing probably looking for a nice dark place away from the jerky robot
Love this idea! Fish benefit from interacting with us just as much as we benefit from interacting with them. For their next version, I'd suggest including sensors to detect a dropoff, like a staircase, and stop the robot before a fall.
they should make the ride smoother - surely that shaking cant be good - the fish will keep banging his head on the tank, being square, or maybe they should use an oval shaped tank...thinking TANKED style now like Brett and Wayde.
It actually up to 3 months, one of those often repeated untruths
Load More Replies...Round, round get around I get around Woo ooo ooo Get around round round I get around
Nooo - now that's going to be stuck in my head for the rest of the day!! Good one though!!
Load More Replies...Should this be presumed, I can see this making persons with disabilities more independent in terms of mobility
My community tankful of fish would blow up that motor- this is better for my bum fish going absolutely nowhere in life.
The fish panicky tries to escape but the aquarium is programmed to "follow" it!
Poor thing probably looking for a nice dark place away from the jerky robot
Love this idea! Fish benefit from interacting with us just as much as we benefit from interacting with them. For their next version, I'd suggest including sensors to detect a dropoff, like a staircase, and stop the robot before a fall.
they should make the ride smoother - surely that shaking cant be good - the fish will keep banging his head on the tank, being square, or maybe they should use an oval shaped tank...thinking TANKED style now like Brett and Wayde.
It actually up to 3 months, one of those often repeated untruths
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