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

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Motomu Nakashima's website

‘Swumanoid’: a robot that mimics human swimmers.

Team:

Motomu Nakashima

Changhyun Chung

 

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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

 

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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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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"

by David Szondy
August 7, 2012

 

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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.