Meeting Abstract 120-2 Tuesday, Jan. 7 10:30 – 10:45 Tuna robotics: impact of body flexibility and fin-fin interactions on swimming performance of a new tuna-inspired robotic platform WHITE, CH*; LAUDER, GV; BART-SMITH, H; University of Virginia, Charlottesville; Harvard University, Cambridge; University of Virginia, Charlottesville chw8hq@virginia.edu The performance space of fish-like robotic swimmers is largely confined to tail […]
sessions: Session 120
Tuna robotics design and control of an autonomous underwater vehicle inspired by tuna
Meeting Abstract 120-3 Tuesday, Jan. 7 10:45 – 11:00 Tuna robotics: design and control of an autonomous underwater vehicle inspired by tuna ZHU, JJ*; WAINWRIGHT, DK; LAUDER, GV; BART-SMITH, H; University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA jz8n@virginia.edu Design of bio-inspired autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) is […]
Tuna robotics Computational FSI optimization of a tuna tail-informed propulsor with high efficiency
Meeting Abstract 120-4 Tuesday, Jan. 7 11:00 – 11:15 Tuna robotics: Computational FSI optimization of a tuna tail-informed propulsor with high efficiency WANG, J; QI, Z; HAN, P; DONG, H; WAINWRIGHT, DK; LAUDER, GV; ZHU, J*; BART-SMITH, H; University of Virginia; University of Virginia; University of Virginia; University of Virginia; Harvard University; Harvard University; University of Virginia; […]
Tuna Robotics Exploring the High-frequency Performance Space of Swimming Fishes
Meeting Abstract 120-1 Tuesday, Jan. 7 10:15 – 10:30 Tuna Robotics: Exploring the High-frequency Performance Space of Swimming Fishes LAUDER, G V*; WAINWRIGHT, D K; DISANTO, V; WHITE, C; ZHU, J; BART-SMITH, H; Harvard Univ.; Harvard Univ.; Harvard Univ.; Univ. Virginia; Univ. Virginia; Univ. Virginia glauder@oeb.harvard.edu http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~glauder/ Tuna and related scombrid fishes are high performance swimmers that […]
Too close for comfort importance of inter-appendage spacing in metachronal swimming performance
Meeting Abstract 120-7 Tuesday, Jan. 7 11:45 – 12:00 Too close for comfort: importance of inter-appendage spacing in metachronal swimming performance FORD, MP*; SANTHANAKRISHNAN, A; Oklahoma State University; Oklahoma State University askrish@okstate.edu http://www.appliedfluidslab.org Metachronal paddling of multiple appendages is a swimming strategy used by many ecologically important marine species across a wide range of body sizes and […]
Gait dynamics of a quadriflagellate robophysical model
Meeting Abstract 120-6 Tuesday, Jan. 7 11:30 – 11:45 Gait dynamics of a quadriflagellate robophysical model ROBINSON, TL*; DIAZ, K; OZKAN-AYDIN, Y; WAN, KY; GOLDMAN, DI; Georgia Tech; Georgia Tech; Georgia Tech; University of Exeter; Georgia Tech trobinson89@gatech.edu http://crablab.gatech.edu/ Quadrupedal animals locomote by coordinating their limbs to generate different gaits. While limb coordination is thought to be […]
Bio-inspired Control Algorithms Integrating Steady Swimming and Maneuvering in Fish Robots
Meeting Abstract 120-5 Tuesday, Jan. 7 11:15 – 11:30 Bio-inspired Control Algorithms Integrating Steady Swimming and Maneuvering in Fish Robots HOWE, SP*; ASTLEY, HC; University of Akron; University of Akron sph43@zips.uakron.edu The majority of fish use whole-body undulations to power swimming and generate maneuvers. This style of locomotion offers certain benefits including efficiency and stealth, and consequently […]
The apical sensory organ is not required for the initiation of metamorphosis in larvae of Hydroides elegans
Meeting Abstract 120.4 Saturday, Jan. 7 The apical sensory organ is not required for the initiation of metamorphosis in larvae of Hydroides elegans NEDVED, B.T.*; ASAHINA, A.Y.; HAFIELD, M.G.; Univ. Hawaii; Univ. Hawaii; Univ. Hawaii nedved@hawaii.edu Larvae of the serpulid polychaete Hydroides elegans, like most lophotrochozoans, possess an anteriorly-positioned apical sensory organ (ASO). Larvae of H. elegans […]
Nitric oxide as a regulator of marine invertebrate metamorphosis behavioural and molecular insights
Meeting Abstract 120.6 Saturday, Jan. 7 Nitric oxide as a regulator of marine invertebrate metamorphosis: behavioural and molecular insights UEDA, N.*; DEGNAN, S.M.; The University of Queensland; The University of Queensland nobuo.ueda@uqconnect.edu.au The nitric oxide (NO) signalling pathway plays multiple roles in biological systems, one of which appears to be regulation of the initiation of larval settlement […]
Is GABA an Inhibitory Neurotransmitter in the Neural Circuit Regulating Metamorphosis in Ilyanassa obsoleta
Meeting Abstract 120.5 Saturday, Jan. 7 Is GABA an Inhibitory Neurotransmitter in the Neural Circuit Regulating Metamorphosis in Ilyanassa obsoleta? BISCOCHO, D. *; LEISE, E.M.; University of North Carolina Greensboro; University of North Carolina Greensboro esther_leise@uncg.edu Metamorphosis in the marine mud snail, Ilyanassa obsoleta, is an irreversible biological event by which larvae metamorphose into sexually immature juveniles […]
