Mantabot: University of Virginia Engineers Build a Robot that Looks and Swims Like a Ray

There are few more graceful swimmers in the ocean than the ray - "batiod" rays, such as mantas and stingrays, are quick, agile, and energy-efficient.  Engineers are using these fascinating creatures as inspiration for the <strong></strong>, a new <strong></strong>. The Mantabot's plastic body and and silicone fins are modeled from a direct molding of the <strong></strong>, and it glides through the water with the same flapping motions as its living counterparts. 

There are few more graceful swimmers in the ocean than the ray - "batiod" rays, such as mantas and stingrays, are quick, agile, and energy-efficient.  Engineers are using these fascinating creatures as inspiration for the <strong></strong>, a new <strong></strong>. The Mantabot's plastic body and and silicone fins are modeled from a direct molding of the <strong></strong>, and it glides through the water with the same flapping motions as its living counterparts. 

There are few more graceful swimmers in the ocean than the ray - "batiod" rays, such as mantas and stingrays, are quick, agile, and energy-efficient.  Engineers are using these fascinating creatures as inspiration for the <strong></strong>, a new <strong></strong>. The Mantabot's plastic body and and silicone fins are modeled from a direct molding of the <strong></strong>, and it glides through the water with the same flapping motions as its living counterparts. 

There are few more graceful swimmers in the ocean than the ray - "batiod" rays, such as mantas and stingrays, are quick, agile, and energy-efficient.  Engineers are using these fascinating creatures as inspiration for the <strong></strong>, a new <strong></strong>. The Mantabot's plastic body and and silicone fins are modeled from a direct molding of the <strong></strong>, and it glides through the water with the same flapping motions as its living counterparts.