Design of a New Bionic Swimming Robot for Vascular Unclogging

Abstract:

In this paper, a new 6-DOF bionic swimming robot with two screw propellers and one balance paddle is designed. This robot can swim up-and-down and roll without any effect on forward motion. The spiral swimming method is modeled and analyzed firstly. In order to optimize the bionic robots structures, the motion resistance and propulsive force are simulated and calculated. Also, experiments are performed to verify the action principle and the optimal analysis results of the robot. Key words:Bionic, Micro swimming robot, vascular unclogging, paddle

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 461)
• Pages: 886-893
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.461.886
• Online since: November 2013
• Authors: Bai Chen, Peng Wang, Ya Juan Li, Sun Chen, Yue Yang Kou
• Keywords: Bionic, Micro Swimming Robot, Paddle, Vascular Unclogging

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