Towards amphibious robots: Asymmetric flapping foil motion underwater produces large thrust efficiently

The development of amphibious robots requires actuation that enables them to crawl as well as swim; sea turtles are excellent examples of amphibious functionality, that can serve as the biomimetic model for the development of amphibious robots. In this paper we have implemented the observed swimmin...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Licht, Stephen Carl, Wibawa, Martin, Hover, Franz S., Triantafyllou, Michael S.
Format: Technical Report
Language:en_US
Published: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Sea Grant College Program 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/96997