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Title: smimming robot
Post by: thongrobot86 on December 04, 2006, 06:39:34 PM
Is there any robot in the market that can swim even faster than a human?
Title: Re: smimming robot
Post by: JonHylands on December 04, 2006, 08:05:03 PM
Sure. The Hydroid REMUS 100 can swim at 5 knots, which is about 2.6 m/s.

http://www.hydroidinc.com/100spec.html

According to this page:

http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2000/NoahKalkstein.shtml

The fastest recorded swimmer clock in at 2.29 m/s.

- Jon
Title: Re: smimming robot
Post by: thongrobot86 on January 22, 2007, 06:23:55 AM
wow! thats simply unbelievably fast!