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Self-powered soft robot developed by Chinese scientists reaches world’s deepest point | South China Morning Post

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A bionic robot developed by Chinese scientists recently reached a depth of 10,900 metres (35,761ft) in the Mariana Trench, the world’s deepest point in the western Pacific Ocean. The design mimics deep-sea snailfish, whose bones are finely distributed in a gel-like body to resist high pressure in the deep sea. Resea…

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