Researchers built a fishlike robot that uses a programmable artificial tendon to tune its own tail stiffness while swimming in a water channel. The results were impressive: The robot could swim over a wider range of speeds while using almost half as much energy as the same robot with a fixed-stiffness tail.
source https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/08/210811162830.htm
Thursday, 12 August 2021
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