Design, analysis, and simulation of a planar serial–parallel mechanism for a compliant robotic fish with variable stiffness

Biological evidence suggests that fish use muscles to stiffen their bodies and improve their swimming performance. Inspired by this phenomenon, we propose a planar serial–parallel mechanism with variable stiffness to mimic a swimming fish. Based on Lighthill’s elongated-body theory, we present a gen...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Zuo Cui, Hongzhou Jiang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2016-08-01
Series:Advances in Mechanical Engineering
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1687814016660927