Biological inspirations, kinematics modeling, mechanism design and experiments on an undulating robotic fin inspired by Gymnarchus niloticus

Mechanism and Machine Theory

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 633-645

  Hu, Tianjiang ^a   Shen, Lincheng ^a   Lin, Longxin ^a   Xu, Haijun ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Biomimetics; Gymnarchus niloticus; Kinematics modeling; Mechanism design; Undulating robotic fin; Undulatory propulsion experiments

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; BIOMIMETICS; BIPED LOCOMOTION; DESIGN; EXPERIMENTS; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); KINEMATICS; MECHANICS; MOTORS; PROPULSION; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING; SUBMERSIBLES; SURFACES; WATER CRAFT;

GYMNARCHUS NILOTICUS; KINEMATICS MODELING; MECHANISM DESIGN; UNDULATING ROBOTIC FIN; UNDULATORY PROPULSION EXPERIMENTS;

MACHINE DESIGN;

EID: 58249083747     PISSN: 0094114X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mechmachtheory.2008.08.013     Document Type: Article

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