Microautonomous robotic ostraciiform (MARCO): Hydrodynamics, design, and fabrication

IEEE Transactions on Robotics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 105-117

  Kodati, Parasar ^a,b   Hinkle, Jonathan ^a,c   Winn, Aaron ^a   Deng, Xinyan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b MATHWORKS INC   (United States)

^c International Linear Collider (ILC)   (United States)

Author keywords

Body shape design; Boxfish; Flapping fin hydrodynamics; Robotic ostraciiform

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FISH; HYDRODYNAMICS; MANEUVERABILITY; VORTICITY;

BODY SHAPE DESIGN; BOXFISH; FLAPPING FIN HYDRODYNAMICS; ROBOTIC OSTRACIIFORM;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 40949132985     PISSN: 15523098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TRO.2008.915446     Document Type: Article

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