Building a fish: The biology and engineering behind a bioinspired autonomous underwater vehicle

Brooke E. Flammang; James L. Tangorra; Anthony P. Mignano; George V. Lauder

doi:10.4031/MTSJ.51.5.1

Building a fish: The biology and engineering behind a bioinspired autonomous underwater vehicle

Brooke E. Flammang, James L. Tangorra, Anthony P. Mignano, George V. Lauder

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Abstract

Bioinspired robotic designs have proven to be effective models for autonomous vehicles as well as important research tools in comparative biomechanics. Here we review the process by which we investigated the functional morphology and biomechanics of fish fins using live fish experiments and computational modeling; created and validated independent fins with regard to biological properties like stiffness, kinematics, and fluid dynamics; and constructed an autonomous underwater vehicle with a sensory feedback system to respond to perturbations.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	15-22
Number of pages	8
Journal	Marine Technology Society Journal
Volume	51
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4031/MTSJ.51.5.1
State	Published - Sep 1 2017
Externally published	Yes

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Oceanography
Ocean Engineering

Keywords

Bioinspired
Fin design
Fish robot
Underwater vehicle

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