(Credit: NYU-Poly)
Researcher Maurizio Porfiri is developing robotic fish that move enough like the real thing that other fish not only accept it as a fish, but accept it as their leader.
“His cyberfish is built out of ionic polymers, which act like artificial muscles when voltage is applied to them. This biomimetic approach allows the robot to swim naturally enough to get a school to follow it.”
So for all the fish who have ever joked, “I for one, welcome our new robotic overlords,” their time has come.