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Mechatronic design and locomotion control of a robotic thunniform swimmer for fast cruising.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics Mar 30, 2015
This paper presents mechatronic design and locomotion control of a biomimetic robotic fish that swims using thunniform kinematics for fast cruising. Propulsion of the robotic fish is realized with a parallel four-bar propulsive mechanism that deliver...
Equipment Failure Analysis Feedback, Physiological Central Pattern Generators Animal Fins Biological Clocks Micro-Electrical-Mechanical Systems Ships Computer Simulation Fishes Feedback Biomimetics Animals Swimming Computer-Aided Design Robotics Equipment Design Models, Biological
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Performance of synchronized fins in biomimetic propulsion.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics Mar 30, 2015
By using a two-dimensional model of ray fins, we numerically investigate the thrust generation by closely-coupled fins with an immersed boundary approach. The concentration is on the performance enhancement through fin-fin interactions and the underl...
Computer Simulation Animals Biological Clocks Rheology Robotics Swimming Models, Biological Feedback, Physiological Fishes Animal Fins Biomimetics
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Multibody system dynamics for bio-inspired locomotion: from geometric structures to computational aspects.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics Mar 26, 2015
This article presents a set of generic tools for multibody system dynamics devoted to the study of bio-inspired locomotion in robotics. First, archetypal examples from the field of bio-inspired robot locomotion are presented to prepare the ground for...
Biological Clocks Models, Biological Biomimetics Locomotion Equipment Failure Analysis Humans Computer Simulation Animals Computer-Aided Design Robotics Equipment Design Gait
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Performance analysis of jump-gliding locomotion for miniature robotics.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics Mar 26, 2015
Recent work suggests that jumping locomotion in combination with a gliding phase can be used as an effective mobility principle in robotics. Compared to pure jumping without a gliding phase, the potential benefits of hybrid jump-gliding locomotion in...
Wings, Animal Robotics Computer Simulation Equipment Design Animals Aircraft Biomimetics Computer-Aided Design Models, Biological Miniaturization Equipment Failure Analysis Flight, Animal
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Running up a wall: the role and challenges of dynamic climbing in enhancing multi-modal legged systems.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics Mar 26, 2015
Animals have demonstrated the ability to move through, across and over some of the most daunting environments on earth. This versatility and adaptability stems from their capacity to alter their locomotion dynamics and employ disparate locomotion mod...
Robotics Equipment Design Models, Biological Running Computer Simulation Animals Computer-Aided Design Biomimetics Equipment Failure Analysis Extremities Biological Clocks
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Goal-directed multimodal locomotion through coupling between mechanical and attractor selection dynamics.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics Mar 26, 2015
One of the most significant challenges in bio-inspired robotics is how to realize and take advantage of multimodal locomotion, which may help robots perform a variety of tasks adaptively in different environments. In order to address the challenge pr...
Humans Computer Simulation Animals Computer-Aided Design Equipment Failure Analysis Adaptation, Physiological Motion Robotics Biomimetics Equipment Design Goals Gait Locomotion Models, Biological
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Folding in and out: passive morphing in flapping wings.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics Mar 25, 2015
We present a new mechanism for passive wing morphing of flapping wings inspired by bat and bird wing morphology. The mechanism consists of an unactuated hand wing connected to the arm wing with a wrist joint. Flapping motion generates centrifugal acc...
Flight, Animal Wings, Animal Biological Clocks Biomimetics Equipment Failure Analysis Computer Simulation Chiroptera Animals Columbidae Computer-Aided Design Robotics Equipment Design Models, Biological
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Quadrupedal galloping control for a wide range of speed via vertical impulse scaling.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics Mar 25, 2015
This paper presents a bio-inspired quadruped controller that allows variable-speed galloping. The controller design is inspired by observations from biological runners. Quadrupedal animals increase the vertical impulse that is generated by ground rea...
Computer Simulation Models, Biological Running Biomimetics Extremities Feedback, Physiological Animals Robotics Physical Exertion Gait
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Flying over uneven moving terrain based on optic-flow cues without any need for reference frames or accelerometers.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics Feb 26, 2015
Two bio-inspired guidance principles involving no reference frame are presented here and were implemented in a rotorcraft, which was equipped with panoramic optic flow (OF) sensors but (as in flying insects) no accelerometer. To test these two guidan...
Biomimetics Cues Accelerometry Equipment Failure Analysis Flight, Animal Compound Eye, Arthropod Optic Flow Photometry Computer Simulation Animals Computer-Aided Design Equipment Design Robotics Aircraft Models, Biological Motion
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A small-scale hyperacute compound eye featuring active eye tremor: application to visual stabilization, target tracking, and short-range odometry.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics Feb 25, 2015
In this study, a miniature artificial compound eye (15 mm in diameter) called the curved artificial compound eye (CurvACE) was endowed for the first time with hyperacuity, using similar micro-movements to those occurring in the fly's compound eye. A ...
Equipment Design Models, Biological Biomimetics Pattern Recognition, Automated Computer Simulation Animals Computer-Aided Design Robotics Orientation Equipment Failure Analysis Visual Perception Compound Eye, Arthropod Photometry
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