Edge Innovations Dolphin Robot
San Francisco-based Edge Innovations reveals an ultra realistic dolphin robot that can last over 10-years in salt water without any maintenance. Unfortunately (or fortunately), the current vision still does need to be remotely operated by a human, but one the bright side, itcan swim for up to 10-hours on a single charge of its battery. Read more for a video and additional information.



The company modeled its robot after a bottlenose dolphin and unless you get up-close, it would be quite hard to distinguish between the two. It achieves this level of realism, thanks to the accurate skeleton and a a realistic skin coating, complete with teeth that have been stained slightly yellow. Yes, it can also squeak and move its head around to mimic gestures from a real bottlenose dolphin.

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In terms of a 10-year business operating period and a two million annual visitor capacity, the overall investment and maintenance costs for a decent animatronics entertainment portfolio only accounts for about one quarter or no more than one-third of what a traditional aquarium spends,” said Edge Innovation’s Li Wang.

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