This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant, awarded under the Biological Sciences (CFDA 47.074) program, supports a collaborative research effort focused on understanding how fish achieve rapid and agile underwater maneuvers. The $245,860 award, with a performance period from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027, will enable researchers at Providence College to conduct experiments on swimming fish and develop a custom biorobot platform. The goal is to examine how fish dynamically modulate their body stiffness and damping to execute extreme maneuvers, insights that could inform the development of highly agile biorobots for applications such as environmental monitoring and biodiversity studies. This interdisciplinary research integrates biological insights with robotic engineering to advance the fundamental understanding of fish locomotion and pave the way for innovative bio-inspired technologies.
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