Fishes suspended in water are subject to the complex nature of three-dimensional flows.
Often, these flows are the result of abiotic and biotic sources that alter otherwise uniform …

The graceful and agile movements of animals are difficult to analyze and emulate because
locomotion is the result of a complex interplay of many components: the central and …

Robotic locomotion in unstructured terrain demands an agile, adaptive, and energy-efficient
architecture. To traverse such terrains, legged robots use rigid electromagnetic motors and …

Undulatory swimming represents an ideal behavior to investigate locomotion control and the
role of the underlying central and peripheral components in the spinal cord. Many vertebrate …

Closeup exploration of underwater life requires new forms of interaction, using biomimetic
creatures that are capable of agile swimming maneuvers, equipped with cameras, and …

Animals have evolved remarkable biomechanical and physiological systems that enable
their rich repertoire of motion. Animal Locomotion offers a fundamental understanding of …

Vortex-induced motions are generally known as destructive phenomena for engineering
structures. Nevertheless, they have a positive effect which is their great potential to extract …

Power may be extracted from a flowing fluid in a variety of ways. Turbines using one or more
oscillating foils are under increasingly active investigation, as an alternative to rotary wind …

In many reinforcement learning tasks, the goal is to learn a policy to manipulate an agent,
whose design is fixed, to maximize some notion of cumulative reward. The design of the …

Collective behaviour defines the lives of many animal species on the Earth. Underwater
swarms span several orders of magnitude in size, from coral larvae and krill to tunas and …