Cephalopod-inspired soft robots: design criteria and modelling frameworks
Cephalopod-inspired soft robots: design criteria and modelling frameworks
Cephalopods (i.e. octopuses and squids) are taken as a source of inspiration for the development of a new kind of underwater soft robot. These cephalopod-inspired, soft-bodied vehicles entail a hollow, elastic shell capable of performing a routine of recursive ingestion and expulsion of discrete slugs of fluids via the actual inflation and deflation of the elastic chamber. This routine allows the vehicle to propel itself in water in a very similar fashion to that of cephalopods. This mode of pulsed jetting enabled by the actual body shape variations can ideally benefit from the positive feedback provided by impulse-rich discontinuous jet formation and added mass recovery. This work is complemented by extensive modelling efforts which are meant to aid in the process of mechanical design optimization as well as providing an advanced tool for biomechanical studies of living cephalopods.
Giorgio-Serchi, Francesco
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Renda, Federico
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Laschi, Cecilia
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22 June 2015
Giorgio-Serchi, Francesco
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Renda, Federico
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Laschi, Cecilia
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Giorgio-Serchi, Francesco, Renda, Federico and Laschi, Cecilia
(2015)
Cephalopod-inspired soft robots: design criteria and modelling frameworks.
7th International Symposium of Adaptive Motion of Animals and Machines (AMAM), Cambridge, United States.
21 - 25 Jun 2015.
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Cephalopods (i.e. octopuses and squids) are taken as a source of inspiration for the development of a new kind of underwater soft robot. These cephalopod-inspired, soft-bodied vehicles entail a hollow, elastic shell capable of performing a routine of recursive ingestion and expulsion of discrete slugs of fluids via the actual inflation and deflation of the elastic chamber. This routine allows the vehicle to propel itself in water in a very similar fashion to that of cephalopods. This mode of pulsed jetting enabled by the actual body shape variations can ideally benefit from the positive feedback provided by impulse-rich discontinuous jet formation and added mass recovery. This work is complemented by extensive modelling efforts which are meant to aid in the process of mechanical design optimization as well as providing an advanced tool for biomechanical studies of living cephalopods.
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Published date: 22 June 2015
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7th International Symposium of Adaptive Motion of Animals and Machines (AMAM), Cambridge, United States, 2015-06-21 - 2015-06-25
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Fluid Structure Interactions Group
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Francesco Giorgio-Serchi
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Federico Renda
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Cecilia Laschi
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