Meet SoFi, MIT's soft robotic fish

Autonomous underwater vehicles could play a key role in deepening our understanding of the ocean and its residents
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Running, jumping, and flying: welcome to the future of robotics.


Developed at MIT CSAIL, SoFi is a soft robotic fish designed to study the underwater world and better understand the organisms living in it. We spoke with PhD student Levi Cai to discuss how it works and the impact the technology could have as we seek to uncover more about our oceans.

Topics Robotics


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