To help speed up swimming, a team of researchers at North Carolina State University turned to another bit inspiration from nature: the manta ray. Two versions of the robot were built.

The fastest-ever swimming soft robot has been inspired by manta rays. The record-breaking robot has fins shaped like those of a manta ray and is made of a material that is stable when the fins are ...

A new aquatic robot inspired by Manta rays has broken the world record for the fastest swimming soft robot. The robot, designed by a team of engineers from North Carolina State University and the ...

By Stephen Beech via SWNS The fastest-ever swimming soft robot has been inspired by manta rays. A team of American researchers beat its own speed record by drawing inspiration from the iconic sea ...

A team of researchers from North Carolina State University created a robot inspired by the manta ray, as reported by TechCrunch. A Manta ray swims in a pool of the Grand Aquarium in Saint-Malo ...

The soft robot has fins shaped like those of a manta ray, and is made of a material that is stable when the fins are spread wide. The fins are attached to a flexible, silicone body that contains a ...

Additionally, the manta ray-inspired swimming soft robot was able to avoid obstacles, which was an improvement from their 2022 study. “This is a highly engineered design, but the fundamental concepts ...

Manta rays inspire faster swimming robots and better water filters Efficient swimming and feeding make the creatures a model for human machines. Elizabeth Rayne – Dec 31, 2024 6:50 am | 40 ...

Nov. 18, 2022 — Inspired by the biomechanics of the manta ray, researchers have developed an energy-efficient soft robot that can swim more than four times faster than previous swimming soft robots.

First, the team designed the robot skeleton based on the manta ray's structure and used polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) ... Shenyang Ligong University, Shenyang 110159, China .

Two versions of the robot were built. The first was designed specifically for speed, with the ability to move 3.74 body lengths per second — a big increase over soft robots that struggle to move ...