Open AccessA Soft‐Robotic Harbor Porpoise Pectoral Fin Driven by Coiled Polymer Actuators as Artificial Muscles
Author(s) -
Hunt Robert,
Trabia Sarah,
Olsen Zakai,
Kim Kwang
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
advanced intelligent systems
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2640-4567
DOI - 10.1002/aisy.201970042
Subject(s) - soft robotics , porpoise , fish fin , whale , actuator , fin , robotics , artificial intelligence , anatomy , computer science , pectoral muscle , marine engineering , engineering , mechanical engineering , fishery , biology , robot , fish <actinopterygii> , harbour , programming language
Illustrated here is a harbor porpoise whale with “an artificial pectoral fin” manufactured through the integration of additive manufacturing, medical imaging data processing, and a rapidly emerging soft‐robotics technology, the coiled polymer actuator, as described in article number 1900028 by Kwang Kim and co‐workers.