Swumanoid: Robot That Swims Like a Human
Think you’d be safe on the water when the Robocalypse happens, humans?
Think again:
… researchers Chung Changhyun and Motomu Nakashima at the Tokyo
Institute of Technology have developed a robot that can faithfully reproduce
a swimmer’s whole-body motion while measuring water resistance.
[...]To create the robot, the researchers first performed a 3D body
scan of a real person. A 1/2 scale model was built using 3D printed
parts. The robot was then outfitted with 20 water-proof motors, and
programmed the necessary motions to reproduce realistic crawl, breaststroke,
backstroke, butterfly, and even dog paddling and treading water.
Plastic Pals has the post: Link
