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Bio-inspired robot: Fly like a living being

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My undergraduate major is computer science, especially in embedded systems, which means embedding chips, circuits or algorithms into almost all the electronic devices seen on the street, like vending machines or scrolling advertisement screens. But when I want to create a robot, I am stuck. I asked myself: why do we need a robot? I asked several friends majoring in different subjects either, and their answers are: I don't know, maybe help me to finish my work. But they truly don't want to be unemployed. So I set my sights on animals, plants and the environment. I mean, human science and technology are more and more advanced, while the living space of animals and plants is getting smaller and smaller and the environment is getting worse. I hope to know more about them and provide valuable help without disturbing their lives, which is actually also helping ourselves. At present, the technology of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) is becoming mature, and it, along with mechanical arm...

Will a 'Plastivorous' Fish be Created to Help Clean Ocean?

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We are a student group studying at the university of bristol and majoring in bio-robotics. Since ocean micro-plastic pollution become a world-class problem, we plan to design and fabricate a 'plastivorous' robotic fish to help. We look forward to your voice and suggestions for common progress, so please feel free to contact us through our blog website . World-class problem & What can we do Plastics are endurable and over-produced. That means plastics are hard to be decomposed to natural elements, but simply divided into smaller and smaller parts, and finally, be a part of the environment as toxic monsters. Those small parts are so-called microplastics  (diameter < 5 mm), that are almost everywhere. They have entered the food chain, shown up in animals' nests and become destitute children's toys, so that aroused attention from all walks of life. Current solutions for this world-class problem can be roughly classified as sampling, detecting, recycling, degrading an...