AI-powered bionic jellyfish robot dives into deep-sea exploration

The jellyfish robot developed by Northwestern Polytechnical University aims to help in deep-sea exploration. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

A research team from Northwestern Polytechnical University in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, has developed a highly biomimetic robot that combines artificial intelligence with a design modeled after real jellyfish, opening new possibilities for deep-sea exploration.

The jellyfish robot developed by Northwestern Polytechnical University aims to help in deep-sea exploration. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Named Underwater Phantom, the 120-millimeter-wide, 56-gram robot features a transparent body and electrohydraulic artificial muscles. The system consumes only 28.5 milliwatts of power, enabling near-silent, energy-efficient, and long-term movement. The machine's AI is used for autonomous navigation and environmental sensing.

The jellyfish robot developed by Northwestern Polytechnical University aims to help in deep-sea exploration. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

Developed at the Ministry of Education's Key Laboratory of Micro & Nano Systems for Aerospace, the project marks a step toward more intelligent and eco-friendly ocean exploration technologies.

Liu Xueru contributed to this story.