Advances and future outlooks in soft robotics for minimally invasive marine biology
David F. Gruber, Robert J. Wood
Abstract
This Viewpoint describes interdisciplinary research that aims to maximize understanding of deep marine life, while concurrently being minimally invasive. We describe the synthesis of multiple modern approaches (spanning robotics, biology, biomechanics, engineering, imaging, and genomic sequencing) and present future directions that hold the potential for a paradigm shift in marine biology.
Topics & Concepts
RoboticsArtificial intelligenceSystems biologySynthetic biologyEngineering ethicsBiologyData scienceComputer scienceComputational biologyEngineeringRobotUnderwater Vehicles and Communication SystemsSoft Robotics and ApplicationsModular Robots and Swarm Intelligence