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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …