Fish and robots swimming together: Attraction towards the robot demands biomimetic locomotion

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 9, Issue 73, 2012, Pages 1856-1868

  Marras, Stefano ^a,b   Porfiri, Maurizio ^a  

^a POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biomimetics; Collective behaviour; Fish swimming; Hydrodynamics; Leadership; Robotics

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIOMIMETICS; FISH; HYDRODYNAMICS; ROBOTICS;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR; BIO-MIMETIC ROBOT; BIOMIMETIC LOCOMOTION; COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOUR; DIGITAL PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; FISH SCHOOL; FISH SWIMMING; LEADERSHIP; NEW EXPERIMENTAL METHOD; ROBOTIC FISHES; WATER TUNNEL;

ROBOTS;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOMIMETICS; FISH; HYDRODYNAMICS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; NOTEMIGONUS CRYSOLEUCAS; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; ROBOTIC FISH; ROBOTICS; SIMULATION; SWIMMING;

EID: 84858704448     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2012.0084     Document Type: Article

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