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  1. Centre for Biorobotics, Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia

    Maarja Kruusmaa

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  1. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering Blk 1E Gillman Hts #17-43, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

    Marcelo H Ang

  2. Department of Computer Science, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA

    Oussama Khatib

  3. Dipto di Informatica e Sistemistca, Univ di Napoli Federico II, Napoli, Italy

    Bruno Siciliano

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  1. University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, Cassino, Italy

    Gianluca Antonelli

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Kruusmaa, M. (2018). Bio-inspired Underwater Robots. In: Ang, M., Khatib, O., Siciliano, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Robotics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-41610-1_13-1

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