Sea Turtle Bot
ETH Zurich created a robot design to resemble a turtle. They thought of creating this design due to the turtles shape of its back which would be able to easily carry a large amount of items. Future underwater designs were of fish or jellyfish, which do not have the extra space to do this. The Sea Turtle's broad, flat stomach makes for a good place to store items inside, or even carry things on top as well. It also is a sleek design, being able to move at a top speed of more than 4 mph. I believe for an underwater animal (or robot) this is quite speedy. Another thing that the ETH Zurich creaters kept in mind was how the overall turtle robot looked like. They state in tghe article that it looks very natural, even being able to be mistaken as a real turtle from a far distance.
I believe this Sea Turtle Robot design is very cool. At the end of the article it mentioned that, if working properly, it will most likely be able to shuttle humans around. This would be extremely cool, and something I would deffinatly be interested in doing! I'm sure this goes the same for many other people. Who wouldn't want to see the underwater from the view of a turtle's shell? Other than just transporting humans for a tourist attraction, it would also be able to store and carry other items. I am not exactly sure where we would need to bring items in the underwater, but if ever in need this robot would come as a huge help! This could happen if there were some kind of emergency out somewhere in the ocean. This robot could bring supplies to help the tragedy and then hopefully come away with survivors. For example, this turtle robots would have been very useful during the sinking of the Titanic!
Like with any new design, I'm sure this one also has it's flaws and ways to improve the design even more. It stated in the article that it looks a lot like a turtle from far away. Although to me this is hard for me to accept looking at the picture above. To me, there is no mistaking that this is a robotic turtle. Another thing, is the size issue. Again, looking at the picture above with the person standing next to it, I don't believe that there would be enough space to carry people inside. If anything, only one would fit, which would defeat the purpose for the tourist situation, or not be very helpful during the rescue situation. An advancement that could be made is to design an underwater turtle bot with a larger back storage space to carry more items, or more people. Otherwise, I do believe that this design is off to a great and successful start!
I believe this Sea Turtle Robot design is very cool. At the end of the article it mentioned that, if working properly, it will most likely be able to shuttle humans around. This would be extremely cool, and something I would deffinatly be interested in doing! I'm sure this goes the same for many other people. Who wouldn't want to see the underwater from the view of a turtle's shell? Other than just transporting humans for a tourist attraction, it would also be able to store and carry other items. I am not exactly sure where we would need to bring items in the underwater, but if ever in need this robot would come as a huge help! This could happen if there were some kind of emergency out somewhere in the ocean. This robot could bring supplies to help the tragedy and then hopefully come away with survivors. For example, this turtle robots would have been very useful during the sinking of the Titanic!
Like with any new design, I'm sure this one also has it's flaws and ways to improve the design even more. It stated in the article that it looks a lot like a turtle from far away. Although to me this is hard for me to accept looking at the picture above. To me, there is no mistaking that this is a robotic turtle. Another thing, is the size issue. Again, looking at the picture above with the person standing next to it, I don't believe that there would be enough space to carry people inside. If anything, only one would fit, which would defeat the purpose for the tourist situation, or not be very helpful during the rescue situation. An advancement that could be made is to design an underwater turtle bot with a larger back storage space to carry more items, or more people. Otherwise, I do believe that this design is off to a great and successful start!