China News Service, October 15-According to the US "World Journal" report, marine animal performances in aquariums often raise questions about animal cruelty.
For this purpose, a California technology company has created a highly simulated "robot dolphin", hoping to replace marine animal performances and return real dolphins to the sea.
Staff and "robot dolphin".
Image source: Reuters video screenshot.
According to reports, this "robotic dolphin" weighs about 250 kilograms and is about 2.5 meters long. The outer skin is made of medical silicone. It was built by California technology and engineering company Edge Innovations. The cost is between 3 million and 5 million US dollars. between.
The company's chief executive Walt Conti said that 3,000 dolphins still have lost their freedom and are used in marine life performances with billions of dollars in business opportunities. This shows that people are very keen to get close to marine animals.
Conte pointed out: "We hope to provide different ways to make people fall in love with dolphins."
The company hopes that in the future marine theme parks can use "robot animals" to entertain the public, rather than raising real wild animals in captivity.
The company said that in this way, visitors can not only watch marine animal performances, but even swim with "robot creatures".