A Bio-inspired Swimming Robot Concept Design for Marine Aquaculture Applications
Master thesis
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In this master thesis project, a concept design of bio-inspired swimming robot is developed
for marine aquaculture applications. According to the requirements from the marine
aquaculture industry, the manta ray is selected as the biological prototype of the concept
design based on the investigation of aquatic creatures with different swimming locomotion.
With a thorough study of manta rays, two methodologies of designing a manta ray like
swimming robot are generalized. Corresponding with the methodologies, the swimming
robot design mainly focuses on the structure design and propulsion mechanism design. The
concept design is verified by comparing the 3D animation with the videos of real fish at the
last.