TY - GEN
T1 - Bio-inspired Robot Design Considering Load-Bearing and Kinematic Ontogeny of Chelonioidea Sea Turtles
AU - Jansen, Andrew
AU - Luck, Kevin Sebastian
AU - Campbell, Joseph
AU - Amor, Heni Ben
AU - Aukes, Daniel M.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - This work explores the physical implications of variation in fin shape and orientation that correspond to ontogenetic changes observed in sea turtles. Through the development of a bio-inspired robotic platform - CTurtle - we show that (1) these ontogenetic changes apparently occupy stable extrema for either load-bearing or high-velocity movement, and (2) mimicry of these variations in a robotic system confer greater load-bearing capacity and energy efficiency, at the expense of velocity (or vice-versa). A possible means of adapting to load conditions is also proposed. We endeavor to provide these results as part of a theoretical framework integrating biological inquiry and inspiration within an iterative design cycle based on laminate robotics.
AB - This work explores the physical implications of variation in fin shape and orientation that correspond to ontogenetic changes observed in sea turtles. Through the development of a bio-inspired robotic platform - CTurtle - we show that (1) these ontogenetic changes apparently occupy stable extrema for either load-bearing or high-velocity movement, and (2) mimicry of these variations in a robotic system confer greater load-bearing capacity and energy efficiency, at the expense of velocity (or vice-versa). A possible means of adapting to load conditions is also proposed. We endeavor to provide these results as part of a theoretical framework integrating biological inquiry and inspiration within an iterative design cycle based on laminate robotics.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-63537-8_19
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-63537-8_19
M3 - Conference contribution
VL - 10384 LNCS
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 216
EP - 229
BT - Lecture Notes in Computer Science
PB - Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
T2 - 6th International Conference on Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems, Living Machines 2017
Y2 - 26 July 2017 through 28 July 2017
ER -