Fish-controlled robot opens up a whole new world
He's calling all the shots.
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What if Jaws could roam the land?
This free-roaming goldfish is no longer confined to four glass walls thanks to a robot designed by a team of students for the Build18 robotics tournament held at Carnegie Mellon University. Admittedly, yes, it's still in a tank, yet it looks so free!
The robot moves according to the "position of the fish relative to the middle" according to student Alex Kent's reddit post of the video.
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The concept of an animal-controlled robot is also reminding a lot of people of Snuffles/Snowball from Rick and Morty, but this bewildered fish doesn't seem to be lusting after world domination quite yet.
It's kind of like being in the ocean, right? Sure.
