Robotic Submarine Fish Are the Ultimate Low-Maintenance Aquarium Pets

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Watching fish and other aquatic creatures silently glide around an aquarium provides endless hours of entertainment and relaxation. But keeping an aquarium isn’t all fun and games. There is a lot of maintenance that comes along with it as well. Regular cleanings are a huge headache, and the creatures inside the tank won’t be too happy if they aren’t fed regularly. So, if you don’t want all your fish going belly up, lots of new chores come along with an aquarium.

That is, unless your aquarium is like the one built by Filip and Peter of CPSdrone. They wanted the benefits without the maintenance, so they replaced fish with microsubmarines that look like fish. It may not provide quite the same experience, but it is entertaining in its own way — and aside from the occasional charging (which is automated!), there is no maintenance.

An early test of the concept...

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