Carnegie Mellon University - 24775 Bioinspired Robotic Design & Experimentation
Propulsion inspired by jellyfish locomotion would result in less anthropogenic vibrations, as compared to current state-of-the-art underwater robots, ultimately enabling less intrusive observation of marine life.
The goal of this project is to create a biomimetic jellyfish robot, which mimics the motion of a Medusozoa, and measure the water disturbance created. The hope is to reduce the amount of underwater disturbance which is deemed 'unnatural' by most aquatic life. In theory, mimicing the motion of the Medusozoa will reduce the amount of 'unnatural' disturbances and allow for closer observations to be conducted by underwater robots.