CPC B63H 1/14 (2013.01) [B63H 5/07 (2013.01); B63H 2001/125 (2013.01)] | 19 Claims |
1. A hetero-stiffness robotic device comprising:
a central body portion having a head end and a tail end;
a rigid rotatable head propeller extending from the head end;
a flexible rotatable tail propeller extending from the tail end;
a head motor positioned in the central body portion mechanically communicating with the rigid rotatable head propeller for rotating the rigid rotatable head propeller;
a tail motor positioned in the central body portion mechanically communicating with the flexible rotatable tail propeller for rotating the flexible rotatable tail propeller;
a controller electrically communicating with the head motor and the tail motor for independently controller a rotational speed of the head motor and the tail motor.
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