Carnegie Mellon University's Biorobotics Lab Creates Robot That Can Swim
By: KDKA-TV News Staff
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- A team from Carnegie Mellon University's Biorobotics Lab created a robot that can swim.
The snake-like robot was developed to inspect Navy ships. CMU says the robot's narrow and jointed design allows it to squeeze around corners and into small spaces.
The university says the robot can be used for search-and-rescue missions and to inspect underwater infrastructure.
The team started working on the robot in July 2020 and had it swimming in the CMU pool by March 2021.
