Open AccessDesign and Construction of a Specialised Biomimetic Robot in Multiple Swimming Gaits
Author(s) -
Sayyed Farideddin Masoomi,
Stefanie Gutschmidt,
Nicolas Gaume,
Thomas Guillaume,
Connor Eatwel,
Xiaoqi Chen,
Mathieu Sellier
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
international journal of advanced robotic systems
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.394
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1729-8814
pISSN - 1729-8806
DOI - 10.5772/60547
Subject(s) - robot , computer science , gait , process (computing) , biomimetics , fish <actinopterygii> , simulation , mobile robot , human–computer interaction , artificial intelligence , physical medicine and rehabilitation , fishery , biology , medicine , operating system
Efficient cruising, manoeuvrability and noiseless performance of fish robots have been attracting people in various scientific realms. Accordingly, a number of fish robots are designed and fabricated so far. However, the existing robots are only capable of one gait of locomotion. This deficiency is addressed by UC-Ika 2 with multiple gaits of locomotion including cruising and manoeuvring that are inspired from two different fishes. This paper aims at presenting the design and fabrication process of UC-Ika 2. The swimming performance of the robot is tested and compared with its previous version UC-Ika 1