Nearly all fish have flexible bodies that bend as a result of internal muscular forces and
external fluid forces that are dynamically coupled with the mechanical properties of the body …

Spinal injuries in many vertebrates can result in partial or complete loss of locomotor ability.
While mammals often experience permanent loss, some nonmammals, such as lampreys …

We investigate the geometrically nonlinear deformation and buckling of a slender elastic
beam subject to time-dependent 'fictitious'(non-inertial) forces arising from unsteady rotation …

Miniature soft robots designed with magnetoelastic materials have the potential for
noninvasive navigation in narrow spaces and innovative clinical therapies. However, the …

The success of soft robots in displaying emergent behaviors is tightly linked to the compliant
interaction with the environment. However, to exploit such phenomena, proprioceptive …

Many aquatic animals propel themselves by flap** their tails. Leveraging a recently
proposed snap** cantilever beam based on the concept of flexural tensegrity, we propose …

The bodies of most swimming fishes are very flexible and deform as result of both external
fluid dynamic forces and internal musculoskeletal forces. If fluid forces change, the body …

Typical unsteady vortex-dominated flows like those involved in bio-inspired propulsion,
airfoil separation, bluff body wakes, and vortex-induced vibrations can be prohibitively …

Motivated by the propulsion of animals using articulated bodies, this study experimentally
investigates the deformation and torque generation of a multi-segmented structure …

A bionic robotic fish based on compliant structure can excite the natural modes of vibration,
thereby mimicking the body waves of real fish to generate thrust and realize undulate …