Hydrodynamic Analysis of Webbed Foot for a Novel Biomimetic Robotic Duck

Abstract

This paper introduces a biomimetic robotic duck with webbed foot and its hydrodynamic analysis. The swimming gait of the biomimetic robotic duck was designed to implement bionic gait, double-joint cruising gait, and single-joint cruising gait. Through the establishment of the hydrodynamic experimental platform, the gait experiments of different types and different frequencies were carried out. Based on the hydrodynamic analysis, we could lay a foundation for further research on robot motion control, so as to change the overall motion of the robot by adjusting the motion state of the webbed foot.