Research on fish locomotion has expanded greatly in recent years as new approaches have
been brought to bear on a classical field of study. Detailed analyses of patterns of body and …

One of the emerging themes of fish-inspired robotics is flexibility. Adding flexibility to the
body, joints, or fins of fish-inspired robots can significantly improve thrust and/or efficiency …

Recent studies have shown that by utilizing the interactions among median fins (the dorsal,
anal, and caudal fins), fishes can achieve higher propulsion performance at the caudal fin …

We designed a robotic fish caudal fin with six individually moveable fin rays based on the tail
of the bluegill sunfish, Lepomis macrochirus. Previous fish robotic tail designs have loosely …

Schooling in fish is linked to a number of factors such as increased foraging success,
predator avoidance, and social interactions. In addition, a prevailing hypothesis is that …

Fishes are found in a great variety of body forms with tail shapes that vary from forked tuna-
like tails to the square-shaped tails found in some deep-bodied species. Hydrodynamic …

Simple mechanical models emulating fish have been used recently to enable targeted study
of individual factors contributing to swimming locomotion without the confounding complexity …

SUMMARY A biorobotic pectoral fin was developed and used to study how the flexural
rigidities of fin rays within a highly deformable fish fin affect the fin's propulsive forces. The …

An undulatory pattern of body bending in which waves pass along the body from head to tail
is a major mechanism of creating thrust in many fish species during steady locomotion …

Escape responses of fishes are one of the best characterized vertebrate behaviors, with
extensive previous research on both the neural control and biomechanics of startle …