The eel-like robot

Frédéric Boyer (1) , Damien Chablat (1) , Philippe Lemoine (1) , Philippe Wenger (1)

1 IRCCyN - Institut de Recherche en Communications et en Cybernétique de Nantes

The aim of this project is to design, study and build an ``eel-like robot'' prototype able to swim in three dimensions. The study is based on the analysis of eel swimming and results in the realization of a prototype with 12 vertebrae, a skin and a head with two fins. To reach these objectives, a multidisciplinary group of teams and laboratories has been formed in the framework of two French projects.

Mots clés: eel-like robot; parallel mechanism; spherical mechanism; prototype

Domaines: Robotique [cs.RO]; Génie mécanique [physics.class-ph]; Génie mécanique [physics.class-ph]

Frédéric Boyer, Damien Chablat, Philippe Lemoine, Philippe Wenger. The eel-like robot. ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences, Aug 2009, San Diego, United States. pp.1-8. ⟨hal-00411844v2⟩