Increasing the Reliability and Versatility of Jellyfish Biohybrid Vehicles via Species Selection and Rhopalia Removal.

ABSTRACT: Jellyfish biohybrid robots have been demonstrated to be successfully programmed to perform vertical sampling profiles of the ocean water column. However, the jellyfish's endogenous swimming behavior can interfere with the controlled swim cycles, decreasing performance. Further, the model animal used to date, Aurelia aurita, is a relatively slow, weakly swimming species. To enhance the performance of the biohybrid vehicles, we tested whether removing the swimming pacemaker of the jellyfish, the rhopalia, eliminated endogenous movements and enhanced responsiveness of the jellyfish to the swim controller. Further, we tested the responsiveness of two fast-swimming jellyfish species, the rhizostome Cassiopea spp. and the cubomedusae Alatina alata. We found in field trials,

SUBMITTER: Anuszczyk SR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12730998 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature