{"id":159080,"date":"2019-08-29T21:48:20","date_gmt":"2019-08-29T13:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/featured\/-1802105\/"},"modified":"2019-08-29T21:48:20","modified_gmt":"2019-08-29T13:48:20","slug":"noodle-fingered-robot-helps-study-marine-animals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/test\/wordpress\/2019\/08\/29\/noodle-fingered-robot-helps-study-marine-animals\/","title":{"rendered":"Noodle-Fingered Robot Helps Study Marine Animals"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/jellyfishgripper-650x366.jpg?resize=640%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"figcaption\">A new ultra-soft gripper developed at the Wyss Institute and Baruch College uses noodle-like silicone \u201cfingers\u201d inflated with water to gently but firmly grasp jellyfish and release them without harm, allowing scientists to safely interact with these delicate creatures in their own habitats. (Photo Credit: Anand Varma)<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jellyfish may harbor potentially life-changing secrets. But they&#8217;re too bloody difficult to collect and study.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Researchers at Harvard&#8217;s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, however, <a href=\"https:\/\/wyss.harvard.edu\/a-gentle-grip-on-gelatinous-creatures\"  rel=\"noopener\">have a plan<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Together with the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) and Baruch College at CUNY, they developed an ultra-soft underwater gripper that uses hydraulic pressure to gently \u2014 but firmly \u2014 wrap noodly fingers around a single jellyfish, then release it without causing harm.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"flex-video widescreen embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8Z6Z1OoCvxA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Six thin, flat strips of hollow silicone are attached to a 3D-printed plastic &#8220;palm&#8221;; when the channels fill with water, they curl in the direction of the inner nanofiber-coated side.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The fingers each exert an extremely low amount of pressure: less than one-tenth of a human&#8217;s eyelid on their eye.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Our ultra-gentle gripper is a clear improvement over existing deep-sea sampling devices for jellies and other soft-bodied creatures that are otherwise nearly impossible to collect intact,&#8221; first author Nina Sinatra, a former graduate student at the Wyss Institute, said in a statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last year, Harvard scientists <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/news\/catch-release-gentle-robot-hand-studies-underwater-organisms-1746721\/\"  rel=\"noopener\">built an origami-inspired device<\/a> to gently trap and release sea creatures.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The machine, dubbed Rotary Actuated Dodecahedron (RAD), acts like an underwater Venus flytrap, drawing an animal in and automatically closing around it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This time, researchers adhered their gripper to a hand-held device\u2014reminiscent of those reaching litter pick-up tools. They tested it first in the lab on an artificial silicone jellyfish, before moving on the real thing at the New England Aquarium.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The umbrella-shaped critters reportedly showed no signs of stress or adverse effects upon release from the claw.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Marine biologists have been waiting a long time for a tool that replicates the gentleness of human hands in interacting with delicate animals like jellyfish from inaccessible environments,&#8221; according to co-author David Gruber, a professor at Baruch College and a National Geographic Explorer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;This gripper is part of an ever-growing soft robotic toolbox that promises to make underwater species <a href=\"http:\/\/itteacheritfreelance.hk\/index.php\" title=\"\u672c\u7db1\u9801\u63d0\u4f9b\u4e00\u500b\u65b9\u4fbf\u7684\u5e73\u53f0, \u70ba\u5927\u5bb6\u914d\u5c0d\u96fb\u8166\u88dc\u7fd2,IT freelance, \u79c1\u4eba\u8001\u5e2b , PHP\u88dc\u7fd2, HTML\u88dc\u7fd2, CSS\u88dc\u7fd2, JavaScript\u88dc\u7fd2, XML, Java\u88dc\u7fd2,Server\u88dc\u7fd2, MySQL\u88dc\u7fd2, \u4e2d\u5b78\u96fb\u8166\u79d1\u79c1\u4eba\u88dc\u7fd2, \u5728\u8077\u4eba\u58eb\u96fb\u8166\u63d0\u5347\u88dc\u7fd2,\u5c08\u696d\u8003\u8a66\u96fb\u8166 \u88dc\u7fd2,\u96fb\u8166\u5716\u50cf\u8a2d\u8a08\u96fb\u8166\u88dc\u7fd2, gra\">collection<\/a> easier and safer,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;Which would greatly improve the pace and quality of research on animals that have been under-studied for hundreds of years, giving us a more complete picture of the complex ecosystems that make up our oceans.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The device is detailed in <a href=\"https:\/\/robotics.sciencemag.org\/content\/4\/33\/eaax5425\"  rel=\"noopener\">a paper<\/a> published this week by the journal <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Science Robotics<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch This Next: This Helpful Micro-Robot May Be the Cutest Robot<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"flex-video widescreen\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/videos\/blueprint:xgldO29Vn7\/embed\/?player=geek&amp;mute=true\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong><i>More on Geek.com:<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/news\/jellyfish-robot-to-monitor-delicate-ocean-creatures-1752826\/\"  rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jellyfish Robot to Monitor Delicate Ocean Creatures<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/news\/watch-divers-spot-giant-jellyfish-the-size-of-a-human-off-british-coast-1795610\/\"  rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Divers Spot Giant Jellyfish the Size of a Human Off British Coast<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/culture\/jellyfish-chips-and-seaweed-dip-anyone-1710352\/\"  rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jellyfish Chips and Seaweed Dip, Anyone?<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/jellyfishgripper-650x366.jpg\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\"><\/p>\n<div>A new ultra-soft gripper developed at the Wyss Institute and Baruch College uses noodle-like silicone &ldquo;fingers&rdquo; inflated with water to gently but firmly grasp jellyfish and release them without harm, allowing scientists to safely interact with these delicate creatures in their own habitats. (Photo Credit: Anand Varma)<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Jellyfish may harbor potentially life-changing secrets. But they&rsquo;re too bloody difficult to collect and study. Researchers at Harvard&rsquo;s Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, however, have a plan. 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