Evaluation of thrust force generated for a robotic fish propelled with polypyrrole actuators

Polymer International

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 357-364

  McGovern, Scott T ^a   Abbot, Marc ^a   Emery, Richard ^a   Alici, Gursel ^a   Truong, Van Tan ^b   Spinks, Geoffrey M ^a   Wallace, Gordon G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^b DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Actuator; Conducting polymer; Robotic fish; Thrust force

Indexed keywords

BENDING ACTUATION; FISH SWIMMING; MANOEUVRABILITY; MINIATURISATION; MOBILE SENSOR PLATFORM; OPERATING FREQUENCY; OPTIMUM FREQUENCY; POLYMER ACTUATORS; POLYPYRROLE ACTUATORS; REDUCED ACTUATION; ROBOTIC FISHES; SQUARE WAVES; SWIMMING SPEED; TAIL FIN; THRUST FORCE; THRUST FORCES; UNDERWATER VEHICLES; VOLTAGE INPUT; WAVEFORM SHAPE;

ACTUATORS; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); ORGANIC CONDUCTORS; POLYPYRROLES; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS; SUBMERSIBLES; TANKERS (SHIPS); WATER CRAFT;

FISH;

BENDING; CONDUCTIVITY; POLYPYRROLE; ROBOTICS; SENSOR;

EID: 77953329837     PISSN: 09598103     EISSN: 10970126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pi.2777     Document Type: Article

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