Design of a biomimetic controlled-curvature robotic pectoral fin

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 966-973

  Palmisano, John ^b   Ramamurti, Ravi ^b   Lu, Kerr Jia ^a   Cohen, Jonah ^b   Sandberg, William ^b   Ratna, Banahalli ^b  

^a George Washington University   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive curvature; Biomimetic pectoral fin; CFD; Compliant mechanism; UUV

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE CURVATURE; BIOMIMETIC PECTORAL FIN; COMPLIANT MECHANISM; FLAPPING MOMENT DATA;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; LIFT; OPTIMIZATION;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 36348987246     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2007.363110     Document Type: Conference Paper

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