Locomotion consideration and implementation of robotic fish with modular undulating fins: Analysis and experimental study

IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 2424-2429

  Low, K H ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MOBILE ROBOTS; ROBOT APPLICATIONS;

FLEXIBLE STRUCTURE; MODULAR DESIGN; MODULAR UNDULATING FINS; ROBOTIC FISH;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 34250624365     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2006.281683     Document Type: Conference Paper

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