An Artificial Aquatic Polyp Capturing An Object (VIDEO)

University of Warwick

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Demonstration of object attraction and capture by the polyp. The rotating magnet is set to rotate at 300 rpm and UV light set to 169 mW/cm2 is used to address the polyp's gripper.

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University of Warwick Eindhoven University of Technology

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