2017 Volume 25 Issue 1 Pages 24-27
In this article, the author introduces two aquatic robots being developed in the author's laboratory: a miniature aquatic robot propelled by resonance of elastic plate and MINAMO (Multidirectional INtuitive Aquatic MObility). The former is a robot including a vibrating motor in the body shell and having an elastic plate fixed on the outer as a fin. The latter is a personal vehicle on water that realizes the straight and whirl movement by the control of the rider weight shifting.