Experimental studies on the hydrodynamics of a robotic ostraciiform tail fin

IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 5418-5423

  Kodati, Parasar ^a   Deng, Xinyan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES; BIOMIMETICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; KINEMATICS; MORPHOLOGY; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; TURBULENT FLOW;

BEAM DEFLECTION; FORCE SENSORS; MICRO UNDERWATER VEHICLES; ROBOTIC OSTRACIIFORM TAIL FINS;

INTELLIGENT ROBOTS;

EID: 34250632067     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2006.282109     Document Type: Conference Paper

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