Robotic systems are becoming more ubiquitous, whether on land, in the air, or in water. In
the aquatic realm, aquatic drones including ROVs (remotely operated vehicles) and AUVs …

This article proposes the mechanical design and dynamic model of an innovative manta-
inspired robot system for both efficient fast swimming and high spatial maneuverability …

Locomotion control of synergistical interaction between fins has been one of the key
problems in the field of robotic fish research owing to its contribution to improving and …

In this article, we propose an efficient locomotion control method for a two-dimensional
tracking task of a biomimetic four-joint robotic fish. Regarding this issue as a comprehensive …

The control and motion planning of bioinspired swimming robots is complicated by the fluid–
robot interaction, which is governed by a very high (infinite)-dimensional nonlinear system …

Abstract Objects moving in water or stationary objects in streams create a vortex wake. Such
vortex wakes encode information about the objects and the flow conditions. Underwater …

Oscillatory swimming of a fishlike body, whose motion is essentially promoted by the
flapping tail, has been studied almost exclusively in axial mode under an incoming uniform …

Fish typically swim by periodic bending of their bodies. Bending seems to follow a universal
rule; it occurs at about one-third from the posterior end of the fish body with a maximum …

This study numerically investigates the fluid–structure interaction dynamics of a stationary
circular cylinder with an attached flexible splitter plate in a confined fluid domain. We explore …

Inspired by turtle locomotion, a novel type of robot with flippers actuated by antagonistic
shape memory alloy (SMA) springs is presented that can crawl based on two different …