Bionic Robotic Fish: 2nd Edition

Dear Colleagues,

Throughout their evolution, natural organisms have been developing astonishing behavior characteristics and survival skills that can inspire the creation of novel practical devices. As masters of the sea, fishes have long been the focus of considerable research because of their highly efficient and maneuverable swimming styles, thus offering significant potential for improving the performance of artificial underwater devices. For the purpose of convenient and effective investigation on fishlike swimming, many bionic robotic fishes have been developed in the last three decades. As the integration of ichthyologic, hydrodynamic, mechanical, electronic, control, and computer disciplines, bionic robotic fish research involves various topics, including bioinspired propulsive principles, prototype design and optimization, actuation mode, motion control, multi-sensor information processing, autonomous navigation, real-world applications, and so on. Bionic robotic fish shed light on the iterative interaction of fish biology and engineering technology. They can not only assist biologists in studying the kinematic mechanism and hydrodynamic analyses of real fish, but also help engineers to explore a practical, effective, and flexible propulsive mechanism for underwater devices.

This Special Issue, titled “Bionic Robotic Fish”, aims to provide an opportunity to present and share recent progress and technologies on any aspect of bionic robotic fish. Some of its focal points include, but are not limited to, the following:

1. Bionic robotic fish design;
2. Materials, structures, and actuators of bionic robotic fish;
3. Modeling of bionic robotic fish;
4. Advanced control of bionic robotic fish;
5. Learning method for bionic robotic fish;
6. Sensing and perception for bionic robotic fish;
7. Autonomous navigation of bionic robotic fish;
8. Swarm robotic fish, multi-robotic fish system;
9. Applications of bionic robotic fish;
10. Animal–robot interaction.

Reviews, original research, and communications will be welcome.

Dr. Shihan Kong
Dr. Jian Wang
Dr. Chen Wang
Guest Editors

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• hydrodynamic modelling
• mechanical design
• sensors and actuators
• rhythmic generator
• locomotion control
• motion planning
• path following
• swarm intelligence
• applications of bionic robotic fish
• animal–robot interaction

• Bionic Robotic Fish in Biomimetics (10 articles)