How to Build a Robotic Eel

Tumble Science Podcast for Kids

Tumble Media

Education For Kids, Kids & Family

4.3 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2017

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Meet Envirobot, a robotic eel who slithers along the surface of the water, seeking the source of water pollution. The future is here, and it's full of swimming robots! We meet members of the team behind Envirobot, Bezhad Bayat and Alessandro Crespi. They tell us what it takes to turn a swimming animal into a robot - the twists, the turns, the technology, and the math. If you could design a robot based on a swimming animal, what would it be and why? What would it do? We want to hear your ideas, and see your designs! Email us at tumblepodcast@gmail.com. Check out a video of Envirobot and terrifying photos of lampreys on our blog, at sciencepodcastforkids.com! Looking for transcripts of our episodes? They're now available at http://www.sciencepodcastforkids.com/materials. They're 50% off through the New Year! Want to support Tumble and get access to ALL our educational materials, plus special opportunities to be on the show? Pledge to our Patreon campaign at patreon.com/tumblepodcast. Happy Holidays and have a great New Year to all our listeners!!

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0:00.0	It's a sea monster! Wait, it's a robot.
0:04.8	It's a robotic eel!
0:07.1	Oh wow!
0:08.0	Coming up on the show today, we've got an incredible story with a team of roboticists
0:13.9	who are building one of the first robots inspired by real swimming creatures.
0:20.3	But first, we have some new Patreon members to thank. A big thank you to Dodge Comstock,
0:26.1	Ben Ustra, and Misha and Marina Simone.
0:29.7	To join these awesome people and maybe give a last-minute holiday gift,
0:34.8	pledge at patreon.com slash tumble podcast.
0:39.1	You don't have to ship a pledge.
0:40.7	And not only will you get thanked on the show, you'll have special opportunities to record
0:45.3	for future episodes and access to all of our episode transcripts and educational activities.
0:51.7	Now on to the show.
0:53.6	Hi, I'm Lindsay.
1:00.1	And I'm Marshall. Welcome to tumble the show where we explore stories of science discovery.
1:04.7	Today, we're diving into the water to discover a new world of robotics.
1:10.1	They move like fish, but they work like machines.
1:13.3	We'll meet the scientists behind the cutting-edge science of bioinspired marine robots.
1:23.4	Tumble is brought to you with support from Spotify for podcasters.
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