This paper focuses on the design of fishlike underwater robots using an optimization approach to choose relative link lengths. Considering both ichthyologic characteristics and mechatronic constraints, the optimal link-length ratios are numerically calculated by an improved constrained cyclic variable method. Comparative results, before and after the optimization, demonstrate the enhanced performance
Published in:
Robotics, IEEE Transactions on
(Volume:23
,
Issue:
2
)
Date of Publication: April 2007