The possibility of integrating bioinspired robots in groups of live social animals may constitute a valuable tool to study the basis of social behavior and uncover the fundamental determinants of animal functions and dysfunctions. In this study, we investigate the interactions between individual golden shiners (Notemigonus crysoleucas) and robotic fish swimming together in a water tunnel at con...

Simulation system is charged with the strategy validation and dual team meets, and as the 2dimensional simulation platform for underwater robotic fish game, URWPGSim2D is the assigned platform for Chinese underwater robot contest and Robot cup underwater program. By now on URWPGSim2D, there is only static obstacles, thus short of changeableness. In order to improve the changeableness and innova...

Weakly electric knifefish have intrigued both biologists and engineers for decades with their unique electrosensory system and agile swimming mechanics. Study of these fish has resulted in models that illuminate the principles behind their electrosensory system and unique swimming abilities. These models have uncovered the mechanisms by which knifefish generate thrust for swimming forward and b...

This paper presents an underwater vehicle mimicking the undulating fins of fish. To mimic the actual flexible fins of real fish, a fin-like mechanism is modelled with a series of connecting linkages. By virtue of a specially designed strip, each link is able to turn and slide with respect to the adjacent link. The driving linkages are used to form a mechanical fin consisting of several fin segm...

The rodent vibrissal (whisker) system is one of the most widely investigated model sensory systems in neuroscience owing to its discrete organisation from the sensory apparatus (the whisker shaft) all the way to the sensory cortex, its ease of manipulation, and its presence in common laboratory animals. Neurobiology shows us that the brain nuclei and circuits that process vibrissal touch signal...

The Mexican jumping bean, Laspeyresia saltitans, consists of a hollow seed housing a moth larva. Heating by the sun induces movements by the larva which appear as rolls, jumps and flips by the bean. In this combined experimental, numerical and robotic study, we investigate this unique means of rolling locomotion. Time-lapse videography is used to record bean trajectories across a series of terr...

Coordinated Control of a Nonholonomic Mobile Manipulator p. 139 Exploiting Redundancy for Autonomous Calibration of a Planar Robot p. 151 Models for Automated Earthmoving p. 163 Robot Control in Maxillofacial Surgery p. 173 Experiments and Experiences in Developing a Large Robot Mining System p. 183 Slope Display on a Locomotion Interface p. 193 Control of Contact Forces in Wheeled and Legged O...