Development and initial experiment of modular undulating fin for untethered biorobotic AUVs

2005 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, ROBIO

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 45-50

  Willy, A ^a   Low, K H ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Amplitude envelope; Biomimetics; Experiments; Flexible membrane; Mechanism; Modular robot; Underwater robot; Undulating fins

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETICS; MACHINE DESIGN; UNMANNED VEHICLES;

AMPLITUDE ENVELOPES; FLEXIBLE MEMBRANES; UNDERWATER ROBOTS; UNDULATING FINS;

MODULAR ROBOTS;

EID: 33947707831     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/robio.2005.246399     Document Type: Conference Paper

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