Research results regarding control of eel locomotion have been press released!
Please check the pages below for details.
Tohoku University (joint press release with Future University Hakodate)
- ウナギが水中も陸上も泳げる仕組みを数式とロボットを用いて解明 (Japanese)
- Eel-astic Robots? Stretch and pressure are the key to Eel’s remarkable locomotive abilities (English)
University of Ottawa
Eel-Inspired Robots? Study reveals how amphibious animals navigate tough terrain
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
Robots offer clues to the impressive robustness of eel locomotion
This paper was also featured in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) “In This Issue” section:
Coordination of undulations in elongated fish