Parametric Research of Experiments on a Carangiform Robotic Fish

• Published in: Journal of bionics engineering Vol. 5; no. 2; pp. 95 - 101
• Main Authors: Yan, Qin, Han, Zhen, Zhang, Shi-wu, Yang, Jie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore Elsevier Ltd 01.06.2008; Springer Singapore; Department of Precision Machinery and Precision Instrumentation, University of Science and Technology of China,Hefei 230026, P. R. China
• Subjects: Artificial Intelligence; Biochemical Engineering; Bioinformatics; Biomaterials; Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering; Biomedical Engineering/Biotechnology; biomimetic; body length velocity; Engineering; experimental parameter matrix; robotic fish; undulation equation; 实验参数矩阵; 机器鱼; 波动方程; 生物模拟; body length velocity; robotic fish; undulation equation; experimental parameter matrix; biomimetic
• ISSN: 1672-6529; 2543-2141
• DOI: 10.1016/S1672-6529(08)60012-8

In this paper, a carangiform robotic fish with 4-DoF （degree of freedom） tail has been developed. The robotic fish has capability of swimming under two modes that are radio control and autonomous swimming. Experiments were conducted to investigate the influences of characteristic parameters including the frequency, the amplitude, the wave length, the phase difference and the coefficient on forward velocity. The experimental results shown that the swimming performance of the robotic fish is affected mostly by the characteristic parameters observed.