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To swim like a tuna, robotic fish need to change how stiff their tails are in real time

  • Written by Daniel Quinn, Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Virginia
imageResearchers have been building robotic fish for years, but the performance has never approached the efficiency of real fish.Daniel Quinn, CC BY-NC

Underwater vehicles haven’t changed much since the submarines of World War II. They’re rigid, fairly boxy and use propellers to move. And whether they are large manned vessels or small...

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