Octobot uses webbed arms to swim faster

Fish in Mediterranean Sea follow alongside the robot

shoe box–sized robotic octopus

UNDERWATER ROBOT  A shoe box–sized robotic octopus with arms and a web made of soft silicone can speed through the water faster than bots without a web.

D. Tsakiris/Institute of Computer Science/FORTH

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CHICAGO­ —Webbed underarms can turn a sluggish robotic octopus into a speed demon.