The present application belongs to the technical field of
underwater bionic robots, and particularly relates to a deformable
tail fin of a
robot fish based on hydraulic drive and a working method thereof. The
robot fish based on hydraulic drive is designed, a four-cylinder
plunger pump is arranged in a
fish head as a hydraulic power source, a fish body comprises three connecting bodies of large, medium and small, the large connecting body divides hydraulic oil into a bionic drive
unit group of joint I, left and right bending of the fish body is realized, the hydraulic oil is delivered to the medium connecting body through an oil delivery
pipe, after pressure synchronization is ensured through an
internal pressure equalizing annular pipeline, a
piston of joint II is driven to move, the fish
tail is designed as a deformable
tail fin, the tail arm is rotated through the
piston in synchronous movement, and then the tail edge
pipe is deformed and relatively displaced, so that the fish tail can dynamically change area, camber and shape in swimming, thereby adapting to different swimming speeds and maneuverability requirements. Through centralized hydraulic
system and bionic structure design, active controllable adjustment of the deformable tail fin form is realized.