[HTML][HTML] Vortex phase matching as a strategy for schooling in robots and in fish

L Li, M Nagy, JM Graving, J Bak-Coleman, G Xie… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
It has long been proposed that flying and swimming animals could exploit neighbour-
induced flows. Despite this it is still not clear whether, and if so how, schooling fish …

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 …

Three-dimensional modeling of a fin-actuated robotic fish with multimodal swimming

W Wang, X Dai, L Li, BH Gheneti… - IEEE/ASME …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Dynamical model is always an important factor in controller design for robots. Existing
models of robotic fish typically incorporate only planar motion, rarely considering spatial …

CPG-based autonomous swimming control for multi-tasks of a biomimetic robotic fish

C Bal, GO Koca, D Korkmaz, ZH Akpolat, M Ay - Ocean Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
This work emphasizes the artificial intelligent control of the developed biomimetic robotic fish
(i-RoF) based on sensory feedback Central Pattern Generator (CPG) approach. In order to …

Fish can save energy via proprioceptive sensing

L Li, D Liu, J Deng, MJ Lutz, G Xie - Bioinspiration & biomimetics, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Fish have evolved diverse and robust locomotive strategies to swim efficiently in complex
fluid environments. However, we know little, if anything, about how these strategies can be …

Decentralized circle formation control for fish-like robots in the real-world via reinforcement learning

T Zhang, Y Li, S Li, Q Ye, C Wang… - 2021 IEEE International …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, the circle formation control problem is addressed for a group of cooperative
underactuated fish-like robots involving unknown nonlinear dynamics and disturbances …

Energy saving of schooling robotic fish in three-dimensional formations

L Li, X Zheng, R Mao, G Xie - IEEE Robotics and Automation …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
It has long been proposed that animals flying in the air and swimming in the water could
extract energy from neighbour-induced flows. A large number of mechanisms have been …

Energy analysis of a CPG-controlled miniature robotic fish

J Yu, S Chen, Z Wu, X Chen, M Wang - Journal of Bionic Engineering, 2018 - Springer
Bionic robotic fish has a significant impact on design and control of innovative underwater
robots capable of both rapid swimming and high maneuverability. This paper explores the …

CFD based parameter tuning for motion control of robotic fish

R Tian, L Li, W Wang, X Chang, S Ravi… - Bioinspiration & …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
After millions of years of evolution, fishes have been endowed with agile swimming ability to
accomplish various behaviourally relevant tasks. In comparison, robotic fish are still quite …

Bottom-level motion control for robotic fish to swim in groups: modeling and experiments

L Li, A Liu, W Wang, S Ravi, R Fu, J Yu… - Bioinspiration & …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Moving in groups is an amazing spectacle of collective behaviour in fish and has attracted
considerable interest from many fields, including biology, physics and engineering. Although …