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A Novel Degree of Freedom in Flapping Wings Shows Promise for a Dual Aerial/Aquatic Vehicle Propulsor
Jacob S. Izraelevitz, Michael S. Triantafyllou
Ocean sampling for highly temporal phenomena, such as harmful algal blooms, necessitates a vehicle capable of fast aerial travel interspersed with an aquatic means of acquiring in-…
Ultra-fast escape maneuver of an octopus-inspired robot
G. D. Weymouth, V. Subramaniam, M. S. Triantafyllou
We design and test an octopus-inspired flexible hull robot that demonstrates outstanding fast-starting performance. The robot is hyper-inflated with water, and then rapidly deflate…
Efficiency of Fish Propulsion
A. P. Maertens, M. S. Triantafyllou, D. K. P. Yue
It is shown that the system efficiency of a self-propelled flexible body is ill-defined unless one considers the concept of quasi-propulsive efficiency, defined as the ratio of the…