Students Create Man-Sized Autonomous Robotic Jellyfish, This Is The Beginning Of The End

It's 5'7" long and weighs 170 pounds. And it operates by itself. Video within. Students and researchers at Virginia Tech College of Engineering have created the death of us all a human-sized autonomous robotic jellyfish, to better study the locomotion of the unusual real-life animal that was its inspiration. It's based on the lion's mane jellyfish, the world's largest known species of jellyfish, which can reach Shaquille O'Neal-like sizes in its northern oceanic habitats. The students hope to le...