Tunable stiffness in fish robotics: mechanisms and advantages
One of the emerging themes of fish-inspired robotics is flexibility. Adding flexibility to the
body, joints, or fins of fish-inspired robots can significantly improve thrust and/or efficiency …
body, joints, or fins of fish-inspired robots can significantly improve thrust and/or efficiency …
Tunable stiffness enables fast and efficient swimming in fish-like robots
Fish maintain high swimming efficiencies over a wide range of speeds. A key to this
achievement is their flexibility, yet even flexible robotic fish trail real fish in terms of …
achievement is their flexibility, yet even flexible robotic fish trail real fish in terms of …
Flexibility is a hidden axis of biomechanical diversity in fishes
Nearly all fish have flexible bodies that bend as a result of internal muscular forces and
external fluid forces that are dynamically coupled with the mechanical properties of the body …
external fluid forces that are dynamically coupled with the mechanical properties of the body …
Swimming performance of a tensegrity robotic fish
B Chen, H Jiang - Soft robotics, 2019 - liebertpub.com
We described a tensegrity robotic fish and detailed its overall structure, stiffness, and
mechatronics. The main flexible structure of the robotic fish body was composed with a …
mechatronics. The main flexible structure of the robotic fish body was composed with a …
Hybrid finite difference/finite element immersed boundary method
BE Griffith, X Luo - … journal for numerical methods in biomedical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The immersed boundary method is an approach to fluid‐structure interaction that uses a
Lagrangian description of the structural deformations, stresses, and forces along with an …
Lagrangian description of the structural deformations, stresses, and forces along with an …
Undulatory swimming performance and body stiffness modulation in a soft robotic fish-inspired physical model
Undulatory motion of the body is the dominant mode of locomotion in fishes, and numerous
studies of body kinematics and muscle activity patterns have provided insights into the …
studies of body kinematics and muscle activity patterns have provided insights into the …
Body stiffness variation of a tensegrity robotic fish using antagonistic stiffness in a kinematically singular configuration
B Chen, H Jiang - IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Numerous biological studies of body and/or caudal fin fish have powerfully identified that the
fish body's passive properties, such as stiffness and its distribution, contribute to the fish's …
fish body's passive properties, such as stiffness and its distribution, contribute to the fish's …
Proprioceptive feedback amplification restores effective locomotion in a neuromechanical model of lampreys with spinal injuries
Spinal injuries in many vertebrates can result in partial or complete loss of locomotor ability.
While mammals often experience permanent loss, some nonmammals, such as lampreys …
While mammals often experience permanent loss, some nonmammals, such as lampreys …
Effects of body stiffness on propulsion during fish self-propelled swimming
MF Xu, YL Yu - Physics of Fluids, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Many fish propel themselves using wave-like lateral flexion of their body and tail in the
water. The undulatory body is driven by the distributed muscles, and locomotion is achieved …
water. The undulatory body is driven by the distributed muscles, and locomotion is achieved …
Control of movement of underwater swimmers: Animals, simulated animates and swimming robots
The control of movement in living organisms represents a fundamental task that the brain
has evolved to solve. One crucial aspect is how the nervous system organizes the …
has evolved to solve. One crucial aspect is how the nervous system organizes the …