Development of Swimming Robot Driven by Frog Muscle

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K12119
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Intelligent robotics
• Research Institution: Osaka University
• Principal Investigator: Shimizu Masahiro 大阪大学, 基礎工学研究科, 准教授 (50447140)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: アフリカツメガエル / 生体・機械ハイブリッドシステム / 遊泳運動

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We developed a packaged actuator consisting of a muscle tissue of a frog and physiological solution. We controlled the frog robot by micro controller. Based on this system, we can various biomechanical verification by utilizing our proposed system. Based on DPIV analysis, we can deeply estimate the relationships between musculoskeletal structure and hydrodynamic effect.

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