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James Tangorra
Researcher at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Publications - 12
Citations - 699
James Tangorra is an academic researcher from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Fin & Fish fin. The author has an hindex of 8, co-authored 12 publications receiving 664 citations.
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Fish biorobotics: kinematics and hydrodynamics of self-propulsion
TL;DR: This paper discusses, using aquatic propulsion in fishes as a focal example, how using robotic models can lead to new insights in the study of aquatic propulsion, and uses two examples: pectoral fin function, and hydrodynamic interactions between dorsal and caudal fins.
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The Development of a Biologically Inspired Propulsor for Unmanned Underwater Vehicles
James Tangorra,S.N. Davidson,Ian W. Hunter,Peter G. A. Madden,George V. Lauder,Dong Haibo,Meliha Bozkurttas,Rajat Mittal +7 more
TL;DR: In this article, the pectoral fin of a bluegill sunfish was used to develop a maneuvering propulsor for unmanned undersea vehicles (UUVs).
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Drowsiness/alertness monitor
TL;DR: In this article, a method and apparatus for analyzing drowsiness of a subject is presented, where the monitor measures motion of the head of the subject and of one or both eyes of thesubject in at least one dimension and derives at least three physiological indicators such as gaze stability, saccade speed, Saccade frequency, blink duration, and instrument-world scanning performance of subject.
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The application of conducting polymers to a biorobotic fin propulsor.
James Tangorra,Patrick A. Anquetil,Timothy A. Fofonoff,Angela Chen,Michael Robert Del Zio,Ian W. Hunter +5 more
TL;DR: Two approaches are presented that are being used to solve the engineering challenges involved in utilizing conducting polymer linear actuators: the manufacture of long, uniform ribbons of polymer and gold film, and the parallel actuation of multiple conducting polymer films.
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Apparatus and method for measuring vestibular ocular reflex function
TL;DR: In this article, an apparatus and method for analyzing visual and vestibular responses of a subject is presented, where one or more targets undergoing slow random motion are presented to the subject while the head of the subject is simultaneous perturbed with perturbations statistically uncorrelated with the random motion of the target.