Biomimetic vortex propulsion: Toward the new paradigm of soft unmanned underwater vehicles

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 484-493

  Serchi, Francesco Giorgio ^a   Arienti, Andrea ^a   Laschi, Cecilia ^a  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs); Bioinspiration; Biorobotics; Propulsion; Soft robots; Thruster; Unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs)

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES (AUVS); BIO-INSPIRATION; BIO-ROBOTICS; SOFT ROBOT; THRUSTER; UNMANNED UNDERWATER VEHICLES;

BIOMIMETICS; MOLLUSCS; NOZZLES; OSCILLATING CYLINDERS; PROPULSION; ROBOTS; SHELLFISH; SILICONES; VORTEX FLOW;

AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER VEHICLES;

EID: 84887314177     PISSN: 10834435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMECH.2012.2220978     Document Type: Article

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