Swumanoid (Swimming Humanoid), Nakashima Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan

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Motomu Nakashima's website (http://www.hei.sc.e.titech.ac.jp/nakashima_labo/motomu/index2.html)

‘Swumanoid’: a robot that mimics human swimmers. (http://www.hyoka.koho.titech.ac.jp/eprd/recently/research/research.php?id=288&page_lang=en)

Team:

Motomu Nakashima (https://jp.linkedin.com/in/motomu-nakashima-b4156649)

Changhyun Chung (https://kr.linkedin.com/in/changhyun-chung-70b62743)

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https://youtu.be/khLdxL06yNY

SWUMANOID (SWimming hUMANOID robot) for research of unsteady fluid force

Published on May 16, 2012

Development of a Swimming Humanoid robot for Research of Human Swimming (https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jabmech/3/1/3_109/_article)

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https://youtu.be/e_Gp5h14KG4

SWUMANOID (Swimming Humanoid robot)

Published on Jun 1, 2012


Chung Changhyun and Motomu Nakashima at the Tokyo Institute of Technology have developed a robot for testing water resistance and propulsion.

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https://youtu.be/Wpy-2lTDok4

Swumanoid swimming android robot from Tokyo Tech will help athletes swim faster

Published on Jul 27, 2012

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Article "Swumanoid swimming android developed to improve performance in the pool (https://newatlas.com/swumanoid-swimming-android/23570)"

by David Szondy
August 7, 2012

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https://youtu.be/kYUmvAX3c_U

Free swimming test of SWUMANOID

Published on Jul 4, 2013


SWUMANOID (SWimming hUMANOID robot) for research of human swimming

To clarify the unsteady characteristics of the fluid force acting on a swimmer, an underwater swimming humanoid robot was developed. The swimming robot was actuated by 20 motors and could perform the various human swimming motions with four limbs.