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Fish-inspired robots: design, sensing, actuation, and autonomy--a review of research.
Aditi Raj,Atul Thakur +1 more
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A detailed comparison of various design features of fish-inspired robots reported in the past decade is presented, believing that by studying the existing robots, future designers will be able to create new designs by adopting features from the successful robots.Abstract:
Underwater robot designs inspired by the behavior, physiology, and anatomy of fishes can provide enhanced maneuverability, stealth, and energy efficiency. Over the last two decades, robotics researchers have developed and reported a large variety of fish-inspired robot designs. The purpose of this review is to report different types of fish-inspired robot designs based upon their intended locomotion patterns. We present a detailed comparison of various design features like sensing, actuation, autonomy, waterproofing, and morphological structure of fish-inspired robots reported in the past decade. We believe that by studying the existing robots, future designers will be able to create new designs by adopting features from the successful robots. The review also summarizes the open research issues that need to be taken up for the further advancement of the field and also for the deployment of fish-inspired robots in practice.read more
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Exploration of underwater life with an acoustically controlled soft robotic fish
TL;DR: This work presents the design, fabrication, control, and oceanic testing of a soft robot fish that can swim in three dimensions to continuously record the aquatic life it is following or engaging and exhibits a lifelike undulating tail motion enabled by a soft robotic actuator design.
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Classification of biological and bioinspired aquatic systems: A review
TL;DR: A review of existing aquatic animals and AUVs is presented in this paper, where the authors compare the bio-inspired and biomimetic AUVs with animals in their locomotion.
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Thrust force characterization of free-swimming soft robotic jellyfish.
TL;DR: Five unique soft robotic jellyfish robots were manufactured with eight pneumatic network tentacle actuators extending radially from their centers, able to freely swim untethered in the ocean, to steer from side to side, and to swim through orifices more narrow than the nominal diameter of the jellyfish.
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Motion Control and Motion Coordination of Bionic Robotic Fish: A Review
TL;DR: A general review of the current status of bionic robotic fish, with particular emphasis on the hydrodynamic modeling and testing, kinematic modeling and control, learning and optimization, as well as motion coordination control.
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3D-printing and mechanics of bio-inspired articulated and multi-material structures.
TL;DR: Recent studies that developed 3D-printed structures not only to inform the design and application of some articulated and multi-material structures, but also to explain the mechanics of the natural biological systems they mimic are highlighted.
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