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Robot Fish

Bio-inspired Fishlike Underwater Robots

  • The first book available on robot fish
  • Covers all aspects of the subject, from design, modeling and optimization, to control, autonomous control, and applications
  • Offers in-depth and practical knowledge on designing, constructing and controlling robot fish
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Springer Tracts in Mechanical Engineering (STME)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
  2. Introduction

    • Ruxu Du, Zheng Li, Kamal Youcef-Toumi, Pablo Valdivia y Alvarado
    Pages 1-24
  3. Fish Locomotion: Biology and Robotics of Body and Fin-Based Movements

    • George V. Lauder, James L. Tangorra
    Pages 25-49
  4. Wire-Driven Robot Fish

    • Zheng Li, Ruxu Du
    Pages 51-92
  5. Design and Control of a Multi-joint Robotic Fish

    • Junzhi Yu, Min Tan
    Pages 93-117
  6. Research on Robotic Fish Propelled by Oscillating Pectoral Fins

    • Yueri Cai, Shusheng Bi, Hongwei Ma
    Pages 119-160
  7. Soft-Body Robot Fish

    • Pablo Valdivia y Alvarado, Kamal Youcef-Toumi
    Pages 161-191
  8. iSplash: Realizing Fast Carangiform Swimming to Outperform a Real Fish

    • Richard James Clapham, Huosheng Hu
    Pages 193-218
  9. IPMC-Actuated Robotic Fish

    • Zheng Chen, Hilary Bart-Smith, Xiaobo Tan
    Pages 219-253
  10. A Multifunctional Underwater Biomimetic Microrobot

    • Shuxiang Guo, Liwei Shi
    Pages 285-313
  11. Multiple Autonomous Robotic Fish Collaboration

    • Guangming Xie, Long Wang, Yonghui Hu
    Pages 315-357
  12. Fish–Robot Interactions: Robot Fish in Animal Behavioral Studies

    • Sachit Butail, Nicole Abaid, Simone Macrì, Maurizio Porfiri
    Pages 359-377

About this book

This book provides a comprehensive coverage on robot fish including design, modeling and optimization, control, autonomous control and applications. It gathers contributions by the leading researchers in the area. Readers will find the book very useful for designing and building robot fish, not only in theory but also in practice. Moreover, the book discusses various important issues for future research and development, including design methodology, control methodology, and autonomous control strategy. This book is intended for researchers and graduate students in the fields of robotics, ocean engineering and related areas.                                                 

Editors and Affiliations

  • The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

    Ruxu Du, Zheng Li

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA

    Kamal Youcef-Toumi, Pablo Valdivia y Alvarado

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eBook USD 84.99
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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 109.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
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  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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