video: Park et al. visualized the fluid dynamics of batoids as they used their fins to propel themselves forward. The researchers used this data to develop a robot that's capable of similar movement. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the July 8, 2016 issue of Science, published by AAAS. The paper, by S.-J. Park at Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering in Cambridge, MA, and colleagues was titled, "Phototactic guidance of a tissue-engineered soft-robotic ray." view more
Credit: S.-J. Park et al., Science (2016)