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Author	Rossinelli, Diego Wirth, Philipp Verma, Siddhartha Hadjidoukas, Panagiotis Koumoutsakos, Petros
Abstract	A fundamental understanding of how various biological traits and features provide organisms with a competitive advantage can help us improve the design of a number of mechanical systems. Numerical optimization can play an invaluable role for this purpose, by allowing us to scrutinize the evolution of specific biological adaptations in nature. Importantly, the use of numerical optimization can help us overcome limiting constraints that restrict the evolutionary capability of biological species. We capitalize on these advantages by coupling high-fidelity simulations of self-propelled swimmers with evolutionary optimization algorithms, to examine peculiar swimming patterns observed in a number of fish species. More specifically, we investigate the intermittent form of locomotion referred to as 'burst-and-coast' swimming, which involves a few quick flicks of the fish's tail followed by a prolonged unpowered glide. This mode of swimming is believed to confer energetic benefits, in addition to several other advantages. We discover a range of intermittent-swimming patterns, the most efficient of which resembles the swimming behaviour observed in live fish. We also discover patterns which lead to a marked increase in swimming-speed, albeit with a significant increase in energy expenditure. Notably, the use of multi-objective optimization reveals locomotion patterns that strike the perfect balance between speed and efficiency, which can be invaluable for use in robotic applications. As an additional goal of the paper, we highlight the ease with which disparate codes can be coupled via the software framework used, without encumbering the user with the details of efficient parallelization and machine-learning based task-scheduling.
Starting Page	1
Ending Page	11
Page Count	11
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781450350624
DOI	10.1145/3093172.3093232
Language	English
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Publisher Date	2017-06-26
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Energy-efficient locomotion Task-based parallelism Burst-and-coast swimming Multi-objective optimization
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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