EAST LANSING, Mich. — September 29, 2014 — Michigan State University is using a $1 million federal grant to build a better robofish that can observe the feeding and migration habits of trout, walleye, sturgeon and other Great Lakes aquatic species.
The university said the robots will advance the technology from earlier versions, including monitors that can track fish equipped with acoustical transmitters.
"Think about the GPS in your smartphone, which tracks your movement," associate professor Xiaobo Tan, the project's leader, said in a statement. "Basically the robots will form an equivalent of a GPS satellite network underwater, to localize and follow tagged fish in their vicinity."
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