In-line swimming dynamics revealed by fish interacting with a robotic mechanism

R Thandiackal, G Lauder - elife, 2023 - elifesciences.org
Schooling in fish is linked to a number of factors such as increased foraging success,
predator avoidance, and social interactions. In addition, a prevailing hypothesis is that …

Improved swimming performance in schooling fish via leading-edge vortex enhancement

JH Seo, R Mittal - Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
The hydrodynamics of schooling fish has been the subject of continued investigation over
the last 50 years; fish schools exhibit a variety of arrangements and several distinct …

Using a robotic platform to study the influence of relative tailbeat phase on the energetic costs of side-by-side swimming in fish

L Li, S Ravi, G Xie, ID Couzin - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
A potential benefit of swimming together in coordinated schools is to allow fish to extract
energy from vortices shed by their neighbours, thus reducing the costs of locomotion. This …

Efficient collective swimming by harnessing vortices through deep reinforcement learning

S Verma, G Novati… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
Fish in schooling formations navigate complex flow fields replete with mechanical energy in
the vortex wakes of their companions. Their schooling behavior has been associated with …

Hydrodynamic advantages of in-line schooling

M Saadat, F Berlinger, A Sheshmani… - Bioinspiration & …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Fish benefit energetically when swimming in groups, which is reflected in lower tail-beat
frequencies for maintaining a given speed. Recent studies further show that fish save the …

The hydrodynamic advantages of synchronized swimming in a rectangular pattern

M Daghooghi, I Borazjani - Bioinspiration & biomimetics, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Fish schooling is a remarkable biological behavior that is thought to provide hydrodynamic
advantages. Theoretical models have predicted significant reduction in swimming cost due …

The swimming patterns and energy-saving mechanism revealed from three fish in a school

SY Chen, YHJ Fei, YC Chen, KJ Chi, JT Yang - Ocean Engineering, 2016 - Elsevier
Fish in nature are believed to favor their swimming performance by swimming in a school.
We investigated numerically the thrust and power consumption of a school of fish with an …

Effects of different motion parameters on the interaction of fish school subsystems

F Zhang, J Pang, Z Wu, J Liu, Y Zhong - Biomimetics, 2023 - mdpi.com
For a long time, fish school swimming has attracted a great deal of attention in biological
systems, as fish schools can have complex hydrodynamic effects on individuals. This work …

Fish and robots swimming together in a water tunnel: robot color and tail-beat frequency influence fish behavior

G Polverino, P Phamduy, M Porfiri - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
The possibility of integrating bioinspired robots in groups of live social animals may
constitute a valuable tool to study the basis of social behavior and uncover the fundamental …

School cohesion, speed and efficiency are modulated by the swimmers flapping motion

S Heydari, E Kanso - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2021 - cambridge.org
Fish schools are ubiquitous in marine life. Although flow interactions are thought to be
beneficial for schooling, their exact effects on the speed, energetics and stability of the group …