{"id":12684,"date":"2023-07-01T01:39:38","date_gmt":"2023-06-30T20:09:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=12684"},"modified":"2025-04-01T20:50:51","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T15:20:51","slug":"belle-robot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/belle-robot\/","title":{"rendered":"Belle Robot"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About Belle Robot:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>It is an <strong>autonomous underwater robot<\/strong> designed to c<strong>ollect DNA samples and film underwater without disrupting the delicate ecosystem<\/strong> it explores.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Objective<\/strong>: By analyzing DNA samples and video footage collected by the robot, researchers<strong> aim to better understand the impact of human activities <\/strong>on marine life and<strong> develop targeted conservation strategies<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Features<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>Belle is <strong>silent, moves like a fish<\/strong> and <strong>doesn\u2019t create a disruptive wake<\/strong> as she moves through her environment.<\/li>\n<li>It <strong>employs artificial intelligence (AI) to autonomously manoeuver<\/strong> and <strong>capture isolated e-DNA samples<\/strong>, as well as <strong>high-resolution video footage<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Measuring just <strong>under a metre and weighing almost 10 kg<\/strong> out of the water, Belle is <strong>propelled by a silicone fin with two cavities<\/strong> into which water is pumped in cycles.<\/li>\n<li><strong>These cavities are filled and emptied<\/strong> <strong>with water<\/strong> through a pump system <strong>that moves the fin back and forth<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Additionally, <strong>its soft tail mimics the rising and falling motion of a fish<\/strong>, creating no disturbance or turbulence in the water, <strong>allowing it to blend effortlessly with other marine creatures.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1)\u00a0What is e-DNA?<\/h3>\n<p>Environmental DNA (eDNA) is the genetic material shed by organisms in the water column. By collecting samples of mucus, feces, or tissue particles, scientists can process eDNA to make new discoveries about marine life.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/next\/2023\/06\/30\/belle-the-inobtrusive-ai-robot-fish-is-helping-researchers-to-protect-our-marine-ecosytems\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Belle, the inobtrusive AI robot fish, is helping researchers to protect our marine ecosytems<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Belle Robot is an autonomous underwater robot.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":12685,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-12684","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12684\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}