Thecow-nosedrayisstudiedasnaturalsampleofaflapping-foilroboticfish.Bodystructure,motiondiscipline,anddynamicfoildeformationofcow-nosedrayareanalyzed.Basedontheanalysisresults,aroboticfishimitatingcow-nosedray,namedRobo-rayⅡ,mainlycomposedofsoftbody,flexibleribsandpneumaticartificialmuscles,isdeveloped.Structureandswimmingmorphologyoftheroboticprototypeareasthatofanormalcow-nosedrayinnature.KeypropulsionparametersofRobo-rayⅡatnormalconditions,includingtheStNumberatlinearswimming,thrustcoefficientattowingarestudiedthroughexperiments.Thesuitabledrivingparametersareconfirmedconsideringtheefficiencyandswimmingvelocity.Swimmingvelocityof0.16m·s-1’andthrustcoefficientof0.56inmaximumareachievedinexperiments.
