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pigrabbitbear writes "The weird, gooey robot war is getting heated quick: Earlier this week we heard about the strange blob-bot, an amoeba-mimicking, pulsating little horror of a robot. But that’s nothing in the face of news that engineers at Virginia Tech have built a robotic jellyfish.
As if the threat of the oceans being taken over by deadly stinging jelly cyborgs isn’t scary enough, there’s this: The researchers claim that, because their Robojelly is powered by a hydrogen-based catalytic reaction, rather than electricity, it could “theoretically” power itself indefinitely. When you consider our best options for powering underwater craft are currently batteries, nuclear reactors, or tethers to the surface, a chemically-powered propulsion system is groundbreaking (and, well, a bit nerve-wracking)."
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As if the threat of the oceans being taken over by deadly stinging jelly cyborgs isn’t scary enough, there’s this: The researchers claim that, because their Robojelly is powered by a hydrogen-based catalytic reaction, rather than electricity, it could “theoretically” power itself indefinitely. When you consider our best options for powering underwater craft are currently batteries, nuclear reactors, or tethers to the surface, a chemically-powered propulsion system is groundbreaking (and, well, a bit nerve-wracking)."
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