简介:Aroboticfishdrivenbyoscillatingfins,"CownoseRay-I",isdeveloped,whichisindorsoventrallyflattenedshapewithoutatail.Theroboticfishiscomposedofabodyandtwolateralfins.Athree-factorkinematicmodelisestablishedandusedinthedesignofamechanism.Bycontrollingthethreekinematicparameters,theroboticfishcanaccelerateandmaneuver.Forwardvelocityisdependentonthelargestamplitudeandthenumberofwavesinthefins,whiletherelativecontributionoffinbeatfrequencytotheforwardvelocityoftheroboticfishisdifferentfromtheusualresult.Ontheotherhand,experimentalresultsonmaneuveringshowthatphasedifferencehasastrongereffectonswervingthanthelargestamplitudetosomeextent.Inaddition,aspropulsionwavespassfromthetrailingedgetotheleadingedge,theroboticfishattainsabackwardvelocityof0.15m·s-1.