New breed of 'fish-bot' unveiled

The world's first autonomous robotic fish are the latest attraction at the London Aquarium.

Biologically inspired by the common carp, the three cyber-fish can avoid objects and swim around a specially designed tank entirely of their own accord.

"We have embedded sensors on board - so, unlike the previous fishes that have remote controls, these are fully autonomous and artificial-intelligence based," said lead researcher Professor Huosheng Hu (See videos on his website). "This one is more life-like - it mimics normal swimming and sharp turning," he explained. "People get confused and think it's a real fish."

In the future, the team would like to increase the robots' intelligence - so that an individual machine could recharge itself as required.

The three robots will live alongside real fish in a tank in the aquarium, and will be named by children in a competition.

Via BBC News.