Mechanical properties of a bio-inspired robotic knifefish with an undulatory propulsor

Bioinspiration and Biomimetics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Curet, Oscar M ^a,c   Patankar, Neelesh A ^a   Lauder, George V ^b   MacIver, Malcolm A ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Brown University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APTERONOTUS ALBIFRONS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMIMETICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC FISH; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIN (ORGAN); INSTRUMENTATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; ROBOTICS; SWIMMING; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMAL FINS; ANIMALS; BIOMIMETICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELECTRIC FISH; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ROBOTICS; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SWIMMING;

EID: 79958121671     PISSN: 17483182     EISSN: 17483190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-3182/6/2/026004     Document Type: Article

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