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US Navy is adopted by a robot fish

The Naval Department of the United States introduced its new recruitment-a huge fish-spy, capable of performing tasks under the guise of an ordinary tuna.

A robot fish stuffed with technological equipment can swim in enemy territorial waters and protect ships from an unexpected attack. Researchers from the Office of Naval operations and Boston Engineering tested a prototype in a joint expedition in Virginia on Thursday. Swimming device can be programmed to perform tasks in autonomous mode or controlled using a joystick.

An unmanned underwater robot can make steep turns and move smoothly through the water, which makes it an ideal performer for observation and intelligence. The representative of Boston Engineering's Advanced Systems Group, which developed the underwater “swimmer”, Michael Rufo said: “Ghostswimmer will allow the naval forces to increase the efficiency of any types of missions, while maintaining divers and sailors.” Robotized fish has 10 feet in length and weighs 100 kilograms, can work at a depth of 10 inches up to 300 feet.

Thanks to the capacity of the batteries, Ghostswimmer is able to work autonomously for long periods of time or controlled from a laptop of a long flexible cable. It allows you to transmit the necessary data when inspecting the vessel body. If the device is in free swimming, it needs to come to the surface to transmit data. Not so long ago, a similar robotic fish was developed in Massachusetts.