Design of a robotic fish propelled by oscillating flexible pectoral foils

2009 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 2138-2142

  Cai, Yueri ^b   Bi, Shusheng ^a   Zhang, Lige ^b   Gao, Jun ^b  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRIVING SOURCE; FLEXIBLE PECTORAL FIN; LEADING EDGE; PNEUMATIC ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE; ROBOTIC FISHES; SELF-DRIVEN; SOFT-BODIES;

BIOMIMETICS; BIPED LOCOMOTION; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; MEATS; ROBOTICS;

FISH;

EID: 76249100564     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2009.5354749     Document Type: Conference Paper

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