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  • Robotics
  • Bio-inspired Engineering
  • Fluid Dynamics

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  • Autonomous underwater robots require efficient propulsion systems.
  • Marine animal locomotion offers potential for bio-inspired robotic designs.
  • Current bio-inspired propulsion systems have limitations in performance and maneuverability.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To design and develop an improved bio-inspired propulsion system for autonomous underwater robots.
  • To transition from ostraciiform to carangiform locomotion for enhanced propulsive efficiency and maneuverability.
  • To create a transmission system enabling multi-jointed serial mechanisms to mimic fish-like tail undulations.

Main Methods:

  • Design and fabrication of ostraciiform and carangiform swimming robots.
  • Development of a novel transmission system for converting single motor rotation to traveling wave undulations.
  • Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis of the caudal fin thruster performance.
  • Integration of numerical predictions into a multibody dynamic model for robot motion simulation.

Main Results:

  • The developed transmission system successfully generated carangiform locomotion.
  • CFD analysis provided insights into the propulsive performance of the caudal fin.
  • Multibody dynamic simulations predicted robot cruising performance, considering mass distribution and hydrodynamic forces.

Conclusions:

  • The study successfully demonstrated a bio-inspired carangiform propulsion system for underwater robots.
  • The novel transmission mechanism is key to achieving efficient, fish-like swimming motions.
  • The integrated dynamic analysis validates the system's potential for enhancing robot autonomy and maneuverability.