Exploration of drag reduction in soft robots - an Emperor Penguin inspired exit strategy

• Main Author: Thelen, Joanna
• Other Authors: Ranzani, Tommaso
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Engineering; Actuator; Air-water interface; Boundary layer; Bubbles; Buoyancy; Leap; Separation Point; Emperor penguins
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/2144/42612

The rise of soft robots poses a promising revolution across a variety of fields, such as invasive surgical procedures or aquatic animal monitoring and sampling, by providing a softer solution to delicate problems. However, with their youth comes a need for growth, particularly in regard to increasin...