The Daily Planet featured the robotics collaboration between 91ÑÇÉ« Professor and McGill University Professor on January 14, 2011.They are the co-creaters of AQUA, a small submersible robot that swims using paddle legs and carries cameras and position sensors that relay information back to the screen of the tablet computer via an optical fibre.
The clip focuses on recent efforts to teach AQUA to move as easily on sand as it does in the water, and its first attempt at tether-less swimming. Several students attached to the project also appear in the footage. You can watch it on the .
Jenkin is just one of the researchers based in 91ÑÇɫ’s state-of-the-art Sherman Health Science Research Centre. Jenkin leads the Canadian Centre for Field Robotics, which is based on the building’s main level, and is a member of the .
The AQUA project is funded in part by the .
Posted by Elizabeth Monier-Williams, research communications officer, with files courtesy of YFile– 91ÑÇɫ’s daily e-bulletin