Bio-inspired robotic cownose ray propelled by electroactive polymer pectoral fin

ASME 2011 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, IMECE 2011

Volumn 2, Issue , 2011, Pages 817-824

  Chen, Zheng ^a   Um, Tae I ^a   Zhu, Jianzhong ^a   Bart Smith, Hilary ^a  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETICS; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; FINS (HEAT EXCHANGE); LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES; MICROCHANNELS; ROBOTS; THERMAL MANAGEMENT (ELECTRONICS);

ARTIFICIAL MUSCLE; BIO-INSPIRED ROBOTICS; COMPUTERIZED AXIAL TOMOGRAPHIES; ELECTRO-ACTIVE POLYMERS; FLAPPING MOTION; IONIC POLYMER METAL COMPOSITES; LITHIUM-ION POLYMER BATTERIES; SWIMMING BEHAVIOR;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84869171337     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/imece2011-64174     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (19)

1. Rosenberger, L. J., 2001. "Pectoral fin locomotion in batoid fishes: Undulation versus oscillation". The Journal of Experimental Biology, 204, pp. 379-394.
2. Moored, K., Smith, W., Hester, J., Chang, W., and Bart-Smith, H., 2008. "Investigating the thrust production of a myliobatoid-inspired oscillating wing". Advances in Science and Technology, 58, pp. 25-30.
3. Moored, K., and Bart-Smith, H., 2009. "Investigation of clustered actuation in tensegrity structures". International Journal of Solids and Structures, 46(17), August, pp. 3272-3281.
4. Guo, S., Fukuda, T., and Asaka, K., 2003. "A new type of fish-like underwater microrobot". IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 8(1), pp. 136-141.
5. Punning, A., Anton, M., Kruusmaa, M., and Aabloo, A., 2004. "A biologically inspired ray-like underwater robot with electroactive polymer pectoral fins". In Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Robotics, pp. 241-245.
6. Tan, X., Kim, D., Usher, N., Laboy, D., J.Jackson, A.Kapetanovic, Rapai, J., Sabadus, B., and Zhou, X., 2006. "An autonomous robotic fish for mobile sensing". In Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp. 5424-5429.
7. Bar-Cohen, Y., 2000. "Electroactive polymers as artificial muscles - capabilities, potentials and challenges". In Handbook on Biomimetics, Y. Osada, ed., NTS Inc., pp. 1-13 (Chapter 8).
8. Shahinpoor, M., and Kim, K., 2001. "Ionic polymer-metal composites: I. Fundamentals". Smart Materials and Structures, 10, pp. 819-833.
9. Kim, K. J., and Shahinpoor, M., 2003. "Ionic polymermetal composites: II. manufaturing techniques". Smart Materials and Structures, 12, pp. 65-79.
10. Chen, Z., and Tan, X., 2008. "A control-oriented and physics-based model for ionic polymer-metal composite actuators". IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 13(5), pp. 519-529.
11. Chen, Z., and Tan, X., 2010. "Monolithic fabrication of ionic polymer-metal composite actuators capable of complex deformation". Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 157(2), pp. 246-257.
12. Anton, M., Punning, A., Aabloo, A., Listak, M., and Kruusmaa, M., 2004. "Towards a biomimetic EAP robot". In Proc. of Towards the Autonomous Mobile Robots, pp. 1-7.
13. Chen, Z., Um, T. I., and Bart-Smith, H., 2011. "A novel fabrication of ionic polymer-metal composite membrane actuator capable of 3-dimensional kinematic motions". Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 168(1), pp. pp 131-139.
14. Kim, K. J., and Shahinpoor, M., 2002. "A novel method of manufacturing three-dimensional ionic polymer-metal composites (IPMCs) biomimetic sensors, actuators, and artificial muscles". Polymer, 43, November, pp. 797-802.
15. Kim, S. J., Lee, I. T., and Kim, Y. H., 2007. "Performance enhancement of IPMC actuator by plasma surface treatment". Smart Materials and Structures, 16(1), January, pp. N6-N11.
16. Chung, C., Fung, P., Hong, Y., Ju, M., Lin, C., and Wu, T., 2006. "A novel fabrication of ionic polymer-metal composites (IPMC) actuator with silver nano-powders". Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, 117, November, pp. 367-375.
17. Lee, S. J., Han, M. J., JunKim, S., Jho, J., Lee, H. Y., and Kim, Y. H., 2006. "A new fabrication method for IPMC actuators and application to artificial fingers". Smart Materials and Structures, 15(5), August, pp. 1217-1224.
18. Nemat-Nasser, S., and Li, J., 2000. "Electromechanical response of ionic polymer-metal composites". Journal of Applied Physics, 87(7), pp. 3321-3331.
19. Chen, Z., Sharata, S., and Tan, X., 2010. "Modeling of biomimetic robotic fish propelled by an ionic polymer metal composite caudal fin". IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 15(3), pp. 448-459.