They are not terribly fast, they will swim 59 feet per second and crawl 98 feet per second, and it would cost 18 million U.S. dollars to develop, but like aquatic robots could one day aid underwater search and rescue operations.

South Korea’s Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs devoted much time and money for this project is a small army of robots versatile willing to participate in rescue operations and to explore underwater world. The idea is to “precision camera and audio devices” built into these creatures, robots and sends it to have on their way.

There is speculation that devices like this could be a difference when a frigate have in the West Sea made plunged recently, but, as there is no way to hope for certainty about the-let’s just that it really helps back in service in 2012 made.