Toward adaptive underwater locomotion, this project investigates a fish-like swimming robot.
Diversity of animal's morphology is particularly impressive in the underwater world. It has been uncovered that various properties of morphology have been optimized for the efficient locomotion in the evolutionary process. In this project we explore such morphological properties for the purpose of underwater robot locomotion. By using motor control with only one degree of freedom, this robot exhibits surprisingly rich behavioral diversity in three dimensional underwater environment. We are also currently exploring these topics using a human-like swimming robot.

People:
Marc Ziegler

Juan Pablo Carbajal
Fumiya Iida
Lijin Aryananda
Max Lungarella
Rolf Pfeifer

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More generally, for students interested in this research topic, as described in the abstract above, and would like to arrange for various types of research projects (semester thesis, bachelor thesis, master thesis, diploma thesis, SIROP project, laboratory practice, etc), please contact Marc Ziegler, mziegler at ifi.uzh.ch .