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18th December 2014, 02:34 PM
U.S. Navy developing robotic spy fish
'Project Silent Nemo' engineers are testing unmanned, underwater drone
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The U.S. Navy is developing a robotic fish for possible use in naval operations, Virginia's Daily Press reports (http://www.dailypress.com/news/military/dp-nws-navy-nemo-20141211-story.html). The name of the project: "Silent Nemo," in a nod to the popular 2003 Disney film "Finding Nemo."
The unmanned, biometric device — dubbed "Ghost Swimmer" — is being developed by the Office of Naval Research Rapid Innovation Cell and Boston Engineering. Controlled by a joystick, the 5-foot, 100-pound, tuna-sized "fish" took part in an underwater test swim (http://www.dvidshub.net/video/381161/silent-nemo#.VJBe6ydY-mV) last week at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story in Virginia.
"The idea is to take millions of years of evolution," Marine Corps Capt. Jerry Lademan, who is managing Project Silent Nemo, told the newspaper. "This fish has perfected itself by swimming around the water for millennia, so what we are trying to do with this project, the idea of biomimicry, is to reverse engineer what nature has already done to optimize design for us."
The device can be submerged up to 300 feet and will soon be able to operate on its own, the developers say, although it's unclear when Ghost Swimmer will join the naval fleet.
Lademan told Mashable (http://mashable.com/2014/12/16/u-s-navy-robotic-tuna-fish-drone/?utm_cid=mash-com-Tw-main-link) that the $1 million "fish" is likely to be used in intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions beginning as early as next year.
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'Project Silent Nemo' engineers are testing unmanned, underwater drone
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Usually, it's Hollywood that's inspired by the U.S. military. This time, it's the other way around.
The U.S. Navy is developing a robotic fish for possible use in naval operations, Virginia's Daily Press reports (http://www.dailypress.com/news/military/dp-nws-navy-nemo-20141211-story.html). The name of the project: "Silent Nemo," in a nod to the popular 2003 Disney film "Finding Nemo."
The unmanned, biometric device — dubbed "Ghost Swimmer" — is being developed by the Office of Naval Research Rapid Innovation Cell and Boston Engineering. Controlled by a joystick, the 5-foot, 100-pound, tuna-sized "fish" took part in an underwater test swim (http://www.dvidshub.net/video/381161/silent-nemo#.VJBe6ydY-mV) last week at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story in Virginia.
"The idea is to take millions of years of evolution," Marine Corps Capt. Jerry Lademan, who is managing Project Silent Nemo, told the newspaper. "This fish has perfected itself by swimming around the water for millennia, so what we are trying to do with this project, the idea of biomimicry, is to reverse engineer what nature has already done to optimize design for us."
The device can be submerged up to 300 feet and will soon be able to operate on its own, the developers say, although it's unclear when Ghost Swimmer will join the naval fleet.
Lademan told Mashable (http://mashable.com/2014/12/16/u-s-navy-robotic-tuna-fish-drone/?utm_cid=mash-com-Tw-main-link) that the $1 million "fish" is likely to be used in intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions beginning as early as next year.
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