‘MANTABOT’ VEHICLE SWIMS LIKE A RAY
U. VIRGINIA / PRINCETON (US) — Designers are attempting to recreate the relatively effortless but effective swimming movements of stingrays and manta rays by building their own ray-like machine. Batoid rays, such as stingrays and manta rays, are amongst nature's most elegant swimmers. They are fast, highly maneuverable, stylish, energy-efficient, and can cruise, bird-like, for fars away in the deep, open up sea, and hinge on the sea bottom. menemukan situs slot yang dapat di percaya httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n66N7Xkxazc [sources] "They are wonderful instances of ideal design naturally," says Hilary Bart-Smith, an partner teacher of mechanical and aerospace design in the College of Virginia‘s Institution of Design and Used Scientific research. They are designing an "self-governing undersea vehicle" that one day may surpass what nature has provided as a design. The vehicle has potential industrial and military applications, and could be used for undersea ex...