CU Boulder engineers fit moon jellyfish with devices to explore deep, remote, and hard-to-study ocean areas.
Moon jellyfish could become humanity’s eyes in the ocean’s most inaccessible depths.Engineers at the University of Colorado, Boulder, have developed a way to harness their efficiency, which could make certain aquatic research much easier.She fits the jellies with microelectronic devices that activate key swimming muscles, enabling researchers to steer them toward remote ocean areas. Eventually, sensors will gather critical data on temperature, pH, and other environmental characteristics.
Though often found near coastlines, moon jellyfish inhabit diverse ocean habitats and can swim to extreme depths, including the Mariana Trench, roughly 36,000 feet below the Pacific Ocean’s surface.Xu co-created the biohybrid robotic jellyfish concept about five years ago and first tested them in 2020 off Woods Hole, Massachusetts. She hopes the research will also inspire energy-efficient underwater vehicles.“There’s really something special about the way moon jellies swim.
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