Biomimetic motion planning of an undulating robotic fish fin

JVC/Journal of Vibration and Control

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1337-1359

  Low, K H ^a   Willy, A ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Biomimetic; Modular and re configurable layouts; Motion planning; Robotic fish; Undulating fin

Indexed keywords

ACTUATORS; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; MECHATRONICS; ROBOTICS;

BIOMIMETIC; RECONFIGURABLE LAYOUTS; ROBOTIC FISH; UNDULATING FINS;

MOTION PLANNING;

EID: 33751568906     PISSN: 10775463     EISSN: 17412986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077546306070597     Document Type: Article

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