Mantabot, manta ray inspired robot, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA

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Article "University of Virginia Engineers are Designing, Building Mechanical Ray (http://news.virginia.edu/content/university-virginia-engineers-are-designing-building-mechanical-ray-0)"

by Fariss Samarrai
July 20, 2012

Hilary Bart-Smith (https://pr.ai/showthread.php?t=21061)

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https://youtu.be/w7IdSafZFsM

A manta bot in action

Uploaded on Nov 4, 2011


Professors Alexander Smits (Princeton) and Hilary Bart-Smith (University of Virginia) decided to arrange a competition between their students to see who could design the best manta ray inspired robot. Mohammad Javed '11, a mechanical engineering major, took on the project as a senior thesis and represented Princeton. His manta bot, which uses a single sheet of plastic and four thin steel cables in each fin, takes a test swim in the Woodrow Wilson School fountain in this video, courtesy of Javed.

"Robo Shop: Princeton students are designing machines that seem to have minds of their own (https://paw.princeton.edu/article/robo-shop-princeton-students-are-designing-machines-seem-have-minds-their-own)"

by Mark F. Bernstein
November 16, 2011

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https://youtu.be/n66N7Xkxazc

The Mantabot

Published on Jul 10, 2012


Professor Hilary Bart-Smith describes her work on the "Mantabot" project, and the future implications of bio-mechanical engineering