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Evolutionary multiobjective design of a flexible caudal fin for robotic fish.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics Nov 25, 2015
Robotic fish accomplish swimming by deforming their bodies or other fin-like appendages. As an emerging class of embedded computing system, robotic fish are anticipated to play an important role in environmental monitoring, inspection of underwater s...
Computer Simulation Animals Computer-Aided Design Models, Genetic Robotics Swimming Equipment Failure Analysis Feedback, Physiological Elastic Modulus Animal Fins Equipment Design Models, Biological Ships Fishes Biomimetics
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Design considerations for an underwater soft-robot inspired from marine invertebrates.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics Oct 29, 2015
This article serves as an overview of the unique challenges and opportunities made possible by a soft, jellyfish inspired, underwater robot. We include a description of internal pressure modeling as it relates to propulsive performance, leading to a ...
Scyphozoa Robotics Equipment Design Models, Biological Ships Biomimetics Swimming Sense Organs Equipment Failure Analysis Elastic Modulus Computer Simulation Animals Computer-Aided Design
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Analytical model and stability analysis of the leading edge spar of a passively morphing ornithopter wing.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics Oct 26, 2015
This paper presents the stability analysis of the leading edge spar of a flapping wing unmanned air vehicle with a compliant spine inserted in it. The compliant spine is a mechanism that was designed to be flexible during the upstroke and stiff durin...
Robotics Equipment Design Aircraft Models, Biological Rheology Animals Computer-Aided Design Birds Morphogenesis Equipment Failure Analysis Flight, Animal Wings, Animal Elastic Modulus
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Distributed flow sensing for closed-loop speed control of a flexible fish robot.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics Oct 23, 2015
Flexibility plays an important role in fish behavior by enabling high maneuverability for predator avoidance and swimming in turbulent flow. This paper presents a novel flexible fish robot equipped with distributed pressure sensors for flow sensing. ...
Animals Computer-Aided Design Robotics Equipment Design Equipment Failure Analysis Transducers Fishes Feedback, Physiological Biomimetics Elastic Modulus Rheology Biological Clocks Swimming
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Effects of non-uniform stiffness on the swimming performance of a passively-flexing, fish-like foil model.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics Oct 8, 2015
Simple mechanical models emulating fish have been used recently to enable targeted study of individual factors contributing to swimming locomotion without the confounding complexity of the whole fish body. Yet, unlike these uniform models, the fish b...
Stress, Mechanical Viscosity Elastic Modulus Animal Fins Computer Simulation Animals Robotics Models, Biological Fishes Shear Strength Biomimetics Rheology Swimming
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A biomimetic underwater vehicle actuated by waves with ionic polymer-metal composite soft sensors.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics Sep 28, 2015
The ionic polymer-metal composite (IPMC) is a soft material based actuator and sensor and has a promising potential in underwater application. This paper describes a hybrid biomimetic underwater vehicle that uses IPMCs as sensors. Propelled by the en...
Rheology Manufactured Materials Hydrodynamics Polymers Electric Power Supplies Equipment Failure Analysis Computer-Aided Design Motion Water Movements Hardness Metals Ships Transducers Robotics Biomimetics Elastic Modulus Equipment Design Ions Energy Transfer
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Effect of bladder wall thickness on miniature pneumatic artificial muscle performance.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics Sep 28, 2015
Pneumatic artificial muscles (PAMs) are actuators known for their high power to weight ratio, natural compliance and light weight. Due to these advantages, PAMs have been used for orthotic devices and robotic limbs. Small scale PAMs have the same adv...
Robotics Equipment Design Models, Biological Biomimetics Computer Simulation Muscle Contraction Miniaturization Artificial Organs Computer-Aided Design Elastomers Equipment Failure Analysis Muscle, Skeletal Elastic Modulus Stress, Mechanical Pressure
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Modelling cephalopod-inspired pulsed-jet locomotion for underwater soft robots.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics Sep 28, 2015
Cephalopods (i.e., octopuses and squids) are being looked upon as a source of inspiration for the development of unmanned underwater vehicles. One kind of cephalopod-inspired soft-bodied vehicle developed by the authors entails a hollow, elastic shel...
Elastic Modulus Animal Shells Cephalopoda Ships Biomimetics Rheology Swimming Equipment Failure Analysis Computer-Aided Design Computer Simulation Robotics Animals Equipment Design Models, Biological
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3D printing antagonistic systems of artificial muscle using projection stereolithography.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics Sep 9, 2015
The detailed mechanical design of a digital mask projection stereolithgraphy system is described for the 3D printing of soft actuators. A commercially available, photopolymerizable elastomeric material is identified and characterized in its liquid an...
Humans Animals Muscle, Skeletal Printing, Three-Dimensional Robotics Equipment Design Biomimetic Materials Biomimetics Photography Artificial Organs Equipment Failure Analysis Elastomers Elastic Modulus Stress, Mechanical
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Texture recognition and localization in amorphous robotic skin.

Bioinspiration & biomimetics Sep 9, 2015
We present a soft robotic skin that can recognize and localize texture using a distributed set of sensors and computational elements that are inspired by the Pacinian corpuscle, the fast adapting, uniformly spaced mechanoreceptor with a wide receptiv...
Pacinian Corpuscles Skin, Artificial Touch Machine Learning Transducers Animals Elastic Modulus Robotics Mechanotransduction, Cellular Humans Equipment Design Pressure Biomimetics Equipment Failure Analysis Skin Physiological Phenomena Hardness Vibration
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