What's new of Fish Robot Home Page


September 29, 2003
A new page entitled 'Student-Built Model Fish Robots in 2003' is published.

March 3, 2003
The page entitled 'Prototype Fish Robot, PF-550' is updated.

January 24, 2003
A new page entitled 'Prototype Fish Robot, PF-550' is start to publish.

January 24, 2003
A new page entitled 'Prototype Fish Robot, PF-200' is published.

January 8, 2003
A new page entitled 'Student-Built Model Fish Robots in 2002' is published.

September 9, 2002
A new demonstration movie of Model Fish Robot, PPF-09 is published.

July 23, 2002
CAD data of Model Fish Robot, PPF-09 is published.

July 15, 2002
A page of Model Fish Robot, PPF-09 is almostly completed.

April 1, 2002
We are revising some internal links which come from the changing of our organization.

April 1, 2002
A page of Model Fish Robot, PPF-10 is published. The PPF-10 has two video cameras for a 3-D image, but it cannot swim

April 1, 2002
A page of Model Fish Robot, PPF-09 is started to publish. This fish robot is being developed yet.

February 4, 2002
The page of the UPF-2001 is updated with the information of swiming speed. Also we start to publish CAD data.

February 1, 2002
'Movies of the UPF-2001' is updateed. The movie with an underwater camera is strongly recommended.

January 7, 2002
A Happy New Year!
'Movies of the UPF-2001' is published on the web.

November 26, 2001
'Detail Information of Power Unit' of the UPF-2001 is published on the web.

November 15, 2001
'Hydrodynamic Performance of Stream-lined Body' of the UPF-2001 is published on the web.

November 9, 2001
A new fish robot named 'UPF-2001' is published on the web.

June 15, 2001
A MPEG movie of 'Prototype Fish Robot, PF-700' is uploaded.

June 13, 2001
By a reader's request, the description of the drive mechanism is added in Model Fish Robot, PPF-03.

June 11, 2001
A page of Student-Built Model Fish Robot is uploaded.

April 26, 2001
Experimental results of the S-FPSE 2000 has been updated in 'Stirling engine for a fish robot, S-FPSE 2000'.

April 25, 2001
Experimental results of the PF-700 has been updated in 'Prototype Fish Robot, PF-700'.

February 6, 2001
A page entitled 'Principles of the Swimming Fish Robot' is fairly reconsidered.

February 3, 2001
Follows two pages are published at 'Outline of the Fish Robot'.

November 21, 2000
A new fish robot named PF-700 has been developing. Please see 'Development Diary of the PF-700'.

November 1, 2000
English pages are reviewed and edited by Mr. Keith Nichols. I express my heartfelt thanks to him.

October 11, 2000
The CAD files (AutoCAD LT 2000, DWG format) of PF-600 and PF-300 have been available. You can download and use them just as you please. However, Japanese fonts may not be correct to indicate on your PC.

September 28, 2000
(1) 'Development of a Stirling engine for fish robot, S-FPSE 2000' is presented.
(2) Several MPEG movies are presented. (PF-600, PF-300, PPF-06i, PPF-07i, PPF-08i)

September 25, 2000
The web pages has been renewed, thogh the contents is not so changed. Please answer the questionnaire.

September 11, 2000
At last, several pages of the model fish robots are translated to English. They are linked from 'Design and Manufacturing of Model Fish Robots'.

January 28, 2000
One web sites is linked from other information site.

January 25, 2000
Several pages are translated to English.
Please connect to Experimental fish robots page.

November 15, 1999
This site has started to present as the internet at Ship Research Institute.

January 16, 1999
Several pages are translated to English. Though they are not good.

January 15, 1999
This web pages are whale updated. I recommend a page of Previous Protptype Fish Robot, PPF-04.

October 15, 1998
I have started this Fish Robot Home Page for a intranet in Ship Research Institute, Japan.


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