A small remote operated robotic fish actuated by IPMC

Abstract

This paper presents a design on a small robotic fish with infrared remote receiver and IPMC actuator, and verifies that using IPMC as an actuator is feasible. In our experiment, we compare results of the robotic fish's speed in different actuating signal, such as square wave and sine wave. We also give the results of robotic fish's speed in different frequency and amplitude.