Nowadays, a large number of sensors are employed in the oceans to collect data for further
analysis, which leads to a large number of demands for battery elimination in electronics …

Recently, the increasing interest in underwater exploration motivates the development of
aquatic unmanned vehicles. To execute hazardous tasks in an unknown or even hostile …

A fish-inspired underwater vehicle (FIUV) has advantages in many real-world applications.
This study presents the design of a FIUV with a wire-driven flexible spine and a servo motor …

The ocean wave energy resource has great potential for development as a renewable
energy source. In the vast ocean environment, many monitoring sensors are needed to …

Energy harvesting induced from flowing fluids (eg, air and water flows) is a well-known
process, which can be regarded as a sustainable and renewable energy source. In addition …

We present OpenFish: an open source soft robotic fish which is optimized for speed and
efficiency. The soft robotic fish uses a combination of an active and passive tail segment to …

To harvest vibration energy from a low-frequency and weak excitation, a rigid-elastic bi-
stable harvester is proposed. This harvester is composed of an inertial mass, two linkages …

Energy harvesting from flow induced vibrations (FIV) in flexible bodies offer opportunities for
power generation in biomimicking robotic devices and is an active area of research. The …

Underwater bionic robotics or vehicles using oscillating flexible structures as power sources
are attracting considerable attention. In this study, the hydrodynamic effect and fluid …

This work experimentally investigates a model-predictive motion planning strategy to impose
oscillatory and undulation movements in a macro fiber composite (MFC)-actuated robotic …