Design, construction, and control of a robotic dolphin

2005 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, ROBIO

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 51-56

  Dogangil, Gorkem ^a   Ozcicek, Emre ^a   Kuzucu, Ahmet ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Biomimetics; Control; Dolphin; Pneumatics; Robotics; Unmanned underwater vehicles

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETICS; PNEUMATICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; RAPID PROTOTYPING; ROBOTICS; UNMANNED VEHICLES;

DOLPHIN; UNMANNED UNDERWATER VEHICLES;

PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 33947697836     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/robio.2005.246400     Document Type: Conference Paper

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