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INVEST €10 million in a robotic octopus and you will be able to search the seabed with the same dexterity as the real eight-legged cephalopod. At least that's the plan, say those who are attempting to build a robot with arms that work in the same way that octopuses tentacles do. Having no solid skeleton, it will be the world's first entirely soft robot. The trouble with today's remote-controlled subs, says Cecilia Laschi of Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna in Pisa, is that their large hulls and clunky robot arms cannot reach into the nooks and crannies of coral reefs or the rock formations on ocean floors. Octopus farming in the open sea: study. Mørenot net factory.
(Photo: Mørenot) Norwegian net manufacturer expands in Spain NORWAY Wednesday, April 16, 2014, 04:20 (GMT + 9) The Octopus News Magazine Online (TONMO)