不对称的翅膀形状改变了古代海洋爬行动物的游泳动态软的机器物理模型
Hadrien Sprumont1,2, Federico Allione1, Fabian Schwab1
1Soft Kinetic Group, Engineering Sciences Department, Empa, 8600 Zuerich, Switzerland.
Bioinspiration & biomimetics
|April 16, 2024
概括
软机器人揭示了灭绝的海洋爬行动物,如Ichthyosauria如何控制浮力. 假的尾翼产生了转速扭矩,帮助游泳和浮力补偿在诸如Guizhouichthyosaurus等物种.
科学领域:
- 古生物学的古生物学
- 生物力学 生物力学
- 机器人技术 机器人技术 机器人技术
背景情况:
- 已经灭绝的巨型动物,包括Ichthyosauria,拥有专门的机动运动.
- 从化石中重建灭绝的动物游泳机制仍然具有挑战性.
- 软机器人为研究古代机动提供了一种新的方法.
研究的目的:
- 通过软机器人技术调查Mixosaurus的运动.
- 了解翅膀不对称,浮力和转速扭矩之间的关系.
- 重建已灭绝的游泳动物产生的转速扭矩.
主要方法:
- 开发了一个柔软的机器人平台,具有柔软的机身和气动执行器.
- 组合材料建模和生物力学用于物理验证.
- 在多种物种的流水箱中对尾推力和扭矩进行了比较分析.
主要成果:
- 假翅形状 (Guizhouichthyosaurus,Mixosaurus,Utatsusaurus) 产生腹部身体的扭矩,减轻了正浮力.
- 贵州雄性恐龙 (Guizhouichthyosaurus) 显示出明显的旋转矩,以补偿浮力.
- 类人翅形状可能依赖胸来控制干位置.
结论:
- 软机器人模型成功模拟了已灭绝的海洋爬行动物的运动.
- 形态显著影响灭绝的海洋爬行动物的浮力控制.
- 这种方法提供了对游泳的Ichthyosauria功能形态的见解.
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