Gait and Morphology Optimization for Articulated Bodies in Fluids

The contributions of this dissertation can be divided into three primary foci: input waveform optimization, the modeling and optimization of fish-like robots, and experiments on a flapping wing robot. Novel contributions were made in every focus. The first focus was on input waveform optimization...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Allen, David W.
Other Authors: Aerospace and Ocean Engineering
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2016
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/72272