Swimming Robots Have Scaling Laws, Too

Aquatic animals of vastly different size show a simple relationship between swimming speed and body kinematics. Swimming robots, whose morphology and gaits are inspired by those animals, are not an exception.

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Published inIEEE/ASME transactions on mechatronics Vol. 21; no. 1; pp. 598 - 600
Main Authors Youngsu Cha, Laut, Jeffrey, Phamduy, Paul, Porfiri, Maurizio
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York IEEE 01.02.2016
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subjects
Actuators
Animals
Aquatic animals
Biologically inspired robots
Biomimetics
Body kinematics
Gait
IEEE transactions
marine robotics
Mechatronics
Robot sensing systems
Robots
Scaling laws
smart actuators
Swimming
smart actuators
marine robotics
Biologically inspired robots
biomimetics
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Summary:Aquatic animals of vastly different size show a simple relationship between swimming speed and body kinematics. Swimming robots, whose morphology and gaits are inspired by those animals, are not an exception.
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ISSN:1083-4435
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DOI:10.1109/TMECH.2015.2442759