Each robot overall costs around $70 and features a curved leading edge and curved flippers, just like a turtle, along with learning algorithms to help it scuttle across the sand.

Just who will be controlling and programming the robot is unclear, although we think it unlikely that it will be open to the public, given the public's penchant for phallic humour.

The robots comprised a processor, a frame that stuck out in front of the turtle’s head holding five red LEDs spaced apart, and a food-ejecting tube. They then had to ride their turtle through ...

Parasitic Robot System for Waypoint Navigation of Turtle. Journal of Bionic Engineering, 2017; 14 (2): 327 DOI: 10.1016/S1672-6529 (16)60401-8 ...