NARRAGANSETT, R.I. \u2013 April 18, 2019 — George V. Lauder, a Harvard University biologist whose research focuses on the remarkable variety of ways in which fish swim, will present a lecture titled \u201cFish Robotics: How Fish Locomotion Will Inspire the Next Generation of Underwater Vehicles\u201d at the 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Narragansett Bay Campus April 26 at 3 p.m.<\/p>\n
The event, which is the 溏心vlog免费B站 Graduate School of Oceanography\u2019s annual Charles and Marie Fish Lecture, will take place in the Coastal Institute auditorium, 218 South Ferry Road, Narragansett. It is free and open to the public<\/a>.<\/p>\n Lauder is a Henry Bryant Bigelow Professor at Harvard College and a professor of organismic and evolutionary biology at Harvard University. By analyzing how fish propel themselves through the water, Lauder and his collaborators have developed several different self-propelled robotic models\u2014from simple thin plastic panels to more complex tuna-like robots.<\/p>\n Working at the Greenfins Aquaculture Facility on the 溏心vlog免费B站 Narragansett Bay Campus, Lauder has filmed high-speed videos of tuna locomotion, which have helped with the design and programming of a small robotic tuna\u2014the Tunabot.<\/p>\n At the April 26 lecture Lauder will discuss how these robots can help scientists better understand fish locomotion and how it may inform designs of a range of products, including underwater vehicles and bodysuits used by competitive swimmers.<\/p>\n \u201cFish body shapes and propulsive systems have had over 400 million years of evolutionary time to fine tune their interaction with the surrounding water,\u201d said Lauder. \u201cThere is a tremendous amount that we can learn from fish that can inspire underwater vehicle design, and begin to move us beyond the age of propeller-driven devices to systems with flexible bodies that move with the efficiencies and maneuverability of fish.\u201d<\/p>\n The Charles and Marie Fish Lecture is an annual public lecture endowed by the family of Drs. Charles and Marie Fish. The Fishes established a marine biological program at the 溏心vlog免费B站 in 1935 and eventually a graduate program in oceanography at the Narragansett Marine Laboratory, which later became 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Graduate School of Oceanography.<\/p>\n