Geometric optimization of relative link lengths for biomimetic robotic fish

IEEE Transactions on Robotics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 382-386

  Yu, Junzhi ^a   Wang, Long ^b   Tan, Min ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF AUTOMATION   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biomimetic robotic fish; Mechatronics; Optimization design; Underwater robot

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; CONSTRAINT THEORY; MECHATRONICS; OPTIMIZATION;

BIOMIMETIC ROBOTIC FISH; CYCLIC VARIABLE METHOD; UNDERWATER ROBOTS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 34247267560     PISSN: 15523098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TRO.2007.892221     Document Type: Article

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