Bionic underwater robots are the intersection of biology and robotics; they have advantages propulsion efficiency maneuverability. A novel vehicle that combines a gliding flapping inspired by manta ray is presented in this article. The outstanding character robot its integrated maneuverable relies on two bionic flexible pectoral fins long-range efficient propulsion, which based buoyancy-adjustm...

In the world of underwater robotics, fish-like structures are able to accelerate and maneuver better than most other artificial underwater vehicles. For these reasons, fish-like robots are well suited for submarine exploration tasks. However, a complete understanding of mechanisms governing the swimming movements of fish-like robots remains elusive, limiting the performance of such underwater r...

Underwater robots are widely used in the fields of ocean development, ocean investigation and marine environmental protection. They need higher efficient of propulsive performance. In order to get an underwater robot with high propulsion efficiency, we have studied on a fishlike swimming mechanism and developed a prototype fish robot. It has about 600 mm body length, and three joints of a tail ...

A surprising feature of animal locomotion is that organisms typically produce substantial forces in directions other than what is necessary to move the animal through its environment, such as perpendicular to, or counter to, the direction of travel. The effect of these forces has been difficult to observe because they are often mutually opposing and therefore cancel out. Indeed, it is likely th...

Our goal is to describe a specific case of a general process gaining traction amongst biologists: testing biological hypotheses with biomimetic structures that operate in bioinspired robots. As an example, we present MARMT (mobile autonomous robot for mechanical testing), a surface-swimmer that undulates a submerged biomimetic tail to power cruising and accelerations. Our goal was to test the h...

The environment where we live is continuously changing. Behavior adaptation in such unknown environment is now recognized as one of the most significant capabilities of robots for supporting human beings sharing the same environment. Biomimetic approach is one of the most attractive methods to create appropriate behaviors in unknown environment because living organisms have the capability to su...