Robotic Octopus Can Crawl, Carry Stuff

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Scientists have built a robotic octopus that is not only capable of swimming and moving in the same way as its biological inspiration, but that can carry objects in its tentacles.

A video of the mechanical creature has been making the rounds after the octopus' creators, a team of researchers from the Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas in Greece, presented at a robotics conference in Chicago earlier this month.

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Since last year, the little robot's speed has doubled, according to IEEE Spectrum

In the above video, the octopus is seen crawling in a water tank and freely swimming in the Aegean Sea. Read more...

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