Robot Fish Charlie - CIA
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This is Catfish Charlie, the CIA's robot spy fish - Boing Boing
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The CIA Once Created Robot Fish (Cool Weird Awesome 560) – Brady Carlson
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Charlie the Tuna, Chronicles of Illusion Wiki
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Meet Gilbert: The robotic fish designed to help clean plastic from our waterways
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Video Friday: The CIA's Declassified Robotic Spy Critters - IEEE Spectrum
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The CIA Once Built a Robotic Catfish Spy
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Robot fish hi-res stock photography and images - Alamy
Charlie the Tuna And Yellow Fish Commercial Production Cells
The Debrief: Behind the Artifact - Charlie the Fish, Sometimes #CIA needs to get creative when collecting intelligence. Charlie, for instance, is a robotic catfish that collects water samples. While never