Fluorescing Eel-Like Robot (IMAGE)

University of California - San Diego

Fluorescing Eel-Like Robot

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The conductive chambers inside the robot's artificial muscles can be loaded with fluorescent dye (as shown in the video accompanying the study and this release). In the future, the fluorescence could be used as a kind of signaling system.

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