A biorobotic flapping fin for propulsion and maneuvering

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 700-705

  Tangorra, James L ^a,b   Lauder, George V ^c   Madden, Peter G ^d   Mittal, Rajat ^e   Bozkurttas, Meliha ^f   Hunter, Ian W ^g  

^a IEEE

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Evergreen Technologies   (United States)

^e GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f EXA CORPORATION   (United States)

^g MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; MECHANICS; PROPULSION; ROBOTICS;

DEGREES OF FREEDOM; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES;

FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE);

EID: 51749124938     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.2008.4543287     Document Type: Conference Paper

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