In the last 27 years, there have only been 3 sightings of this mysterious octopus. Little was known ... came upon a female with the remnants of a jellyfish caught among her tentacles.

The experts decided to exploit the aspects of organisms like squid, jellyfish and octopus for a new tool in underwater exploration, said Francesco Giorgio-Serchi of from the University of Edinburgh.

Though a landlubber may say the robots look more like a stumpy octopus than a jellyfish, according to the paper the shape is actually most similar to a juvenile “ephyra stage” moon jellyfish ...