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Develop a modular, water-tight version of the MUBot biomimetic fi

Company: PSU Applied Research Laboratory

Major(s):
Primary: ME
Secondary: EE
Optional: ED

Non-Disclosure Agreement: NO

Intellectual Property: YES

This project aims to create and demonstrate an updated version of the modular, magnetic, undulatory robots (MUBot) that has watertight, modular connections and a hydrodynamic skin. The students will be working with Dr. Matt Lear at PSU/ARL and Dr. Bo Cheng and students from BioRob-InFL lab at Penn State, who have MUBot. The current vehicle can be designed with different body segments/actuators, stiffness and shape as well as with different tail shape and stiffness; however, it requires a water tight skin and doesn’t have a single modular connector. The students in this team are expected to transform the existing design to make each section water tight and to have the electrical connectivity between sections through a single modular connector. The exterior skin which is now currently designed to provide the water protection will also be redesigned to perform a purely hydrodynamic benefit. Students should review the link for more information on MUBot.