A novel autonomous, bioinspired swimming robot developed by neuroscientists and bioengineers

Bioinspiration and Biomimetics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Stefanini, C ^a,b   Orofino, S ^a   Manfredi, L ^a   Mintchev, S ^a   Marrazza, S ^a   Assaf, T ^b   Capantini, L ^a   Sinibaldi, E ^b   Grillner, S ^c   Wallen P ^c   Dario, P ^a,b  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

^b Center for Micro BioRobotics at SSSA   (Italy)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PETROMYZONTIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; INSTRUMENTATION; LAMPREY; PHYSIOLOGY; ROBOTICS; SHIP; SWIMMING;

ANIMALS; BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEEDBACK; LAMPREYS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ROBOTICS; SHIPS; SWIMMING;

EID: 84861407002     PISSN: 17483182     EISSN: 17483190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-3182/7/2/025001     Document Type: Article

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