Learning from the fins of ray-inned fish for the propulsors of unmanned undersea vehicles

Marine Technology Society Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 65-73

  Tangorra, James L ^a   Gericke, Timo ^a   Lauder, George V ^b  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biorobotics; Flapping fins; Sensory based control; Vortex pertubations

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS REGULATION; BIO-ROBOTICS; EXTERNAL DISTURBANCES; EXTERNAL PERTURBATIONS; FIN MOTION; FLAPPING FINS; HIGH-SPEED; IN-VIVO; LARGE DEFORMATIONS; PECTORAL FIN; PROPULSORS; SENSORIMOTOR SYSTEMS; UNMANNED UNDERSEA VEHICLES; VORTEX PERTURBATION;

FISH; FORCED CONVECTION; VORTEX FLOW;

FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE);

AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLE; BIOMECHANICS; FINFISH; LEARNING; MARINE TECHNOLOGY; PERTURBATION; ROBOTICS; SENSOR; UNMANNED VEHICLE; VORTEX;

EID: 84859486333     PISSN: 00253324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4031/MTSJ.45.4.6     Document Type: Article

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