If next year's trial of the first five robotic fish in the northern Spanish port of Gijon is successful, the team hopes they will be used in rivers, lakes and seas across the world. The carp-shaped robots, costing 20,000 pounds apiece, mimic the movement of real fish and are equipped with chemical sensors to sniff out potentially hazardous pollutants, such as leaks from vessels or underwater pipelines.
They will transmit the information back to shore using Wi-Fi technology.
[...] detect pollution, la luminata, rivers pollution, robot fish, wi-fi technology The Good friend at “La Luminata” blog let us know about this Robot Fish that can detect pollution. Check it out its pretty [...]