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A Robotic Platform to Study the Foreflipper of the California Sea Lion
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A Robotic Platform to Study the Foreflipper of the California Sea Lion

A Robotic Platform to Study the Foreflipper of the California Sea Lion

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January 10, 2017

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10.3791/54909-v

DOI:
10.3791/54909-v

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08:53 min
January 10, 2017

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1Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering,The George Washington University

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A robotic platform is described that will be used to study the hydrodynamic performance—forces and flowfields—of the swimming California sea lion. The robot is a model of the animal's foreflipper that is actuated by motors to replicate the motion of its propulsive stroke (the 'clap').

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Kulkarni, A. A., Patel, R. K., Friedman, C., Leftwich, M. C. A Robotic Platform to Study the Foreflipper of the California Sea Lion. J. Vis. Exp. (119), e54909, doi:10.3791/54909 (2017).

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