Understanding undulatory locomotion in fishes using an inertia-compensated flapping foil robotic device

Bioinspiration and Biomimetics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Wen, Li ^a,b   Lauder, George ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTER OF MASS MOTION; CENTER-OF-MASS OSCILLATIONS; CYCLIC OSCILLATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES; EXPERIMENTAL ARRANGEMENT; OSCILLATION AMPLITUDE; OSCILLATORY MOTION; UNDULATORY LOCOMOTION;

ROBOTICS; WAKES;

FISH;

ACCELERATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BIOMIMETICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FIN (ORGAN); FISH; PHYSIOLOGY; ROBOTICS; SWIMMING; YOUNG MODULUS;

ACCELERATION; ANIMAL FINS; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; BIOMIMETICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTIC MODULUS; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; FISHES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ROBOTICS; SWIMMING;

EID: 84889045768     PISSN: 17483182     EISSN: 17483190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-3182/8/4/046013     Document Type: Article

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