This mentor presentation displays how Team Genius mentors teach concepts through the process of reverse engineering. It examines the current applications of reverse engineering to teach both a scientific concept, in this case, biomimetics, and engineering concepts. To begin, we will describe existing robots and prototypes—from research labs of Stanford University and the Massachusetts Institute...

In this work we describe an autonomous soft-bodied robot that is both self-contained and capable of rapid, continuum-body motion. We detail the design, modeling, fabrication, and control of the soft fish, focusing on enabling the robot to perform rapid escape responses. The robot employs a compliant body with embedded actuators emulating the slender anatomical form of a fish. In addition, the r...

In recent years, simple biomimetic robots have been increasingly used in biological studies to investigate social behavior, for example collective movement. Nevertheless, a big challenge in developing biomimetic robots is the acceptance of the robotic agents by live animals. In this contribution, we describe our recent advances with regard to the acceptance of our biomimetic RoboFish by live Tr...

This paper developed a biomimetic batoid model to investigate the effect of amplitude on propulsion performance. The contour of model’s pectoral fins was derived from natural batoid fish, and the model was made to simulate the locomotion of biological fish through user defined functions linked to Fluent. Numerical simulations of model were conducted at five different amplitude indices from 0.08...