Comparative Model Evaluation with a Symmetric Three-Link Swimming Robot

Brian J. Van Stratum,Max P. Austin,Kourosh Shoele,Jonathan E. Clark,Brian J. Van Stratum,Max P. Austin,Kourosh Shoele,Jonathan E. Clark

In this paper we present swimming and modeling for Trident, a three-link lamprey inspired robot that is able to climb on flat smooth walls. We explore two gaits proposed to work for linear swimming, and three gaits for turning maneuvers. We compare the experimental results obtained from these swimming experiments with two different reduced order fluid interaction models, one a previously published...