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Offline thongrobot86Topic starter

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smimming robot
« on: December 04, 2006, 06:39:34 PM »
Is there any robot in the market that can swim even faster than a human?
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Re: smimming robot
« Reply #1 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.

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Re: smimming robot
« Reply #2 on: January 22, 2007, 06:23:55 AM »
wow! thats simply unbelievably fast!
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