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Meet SoFi, MIT's soft robotic fish

Autonomous underwater vehicles could play a key role in deepening our understanding of the ocean and its residents
By Emmett Smith  on 
MIT's robotic fish swimming in a pool
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Developed at MIT CSAIL(opens in a new tab), SoFi(opens in a new tab) is a soft robotic fish designed to study the underwater world and better understand the organisms living in it. We spoke with PhD student Levi Cai to discuss how it works and the impact the technology could have as we seek to uncover more about our oceans.


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