Inpresent,thereareincreasinginterestsintheresearchonmechanicalandcontrolsystemofunderwatervehicles.Theseongoingresearcheffortsaremotivatedbymorepervasiveapplicationsofsuchvehiclesincludingseabedoilandgasexplorations,scientificdeepoceansurveys,militarypurposes,ecologicalandwaterenvironmentalstudies,andalsoentertainments.However,theperformanceofunderwatervehicleswithscrewtypepropellersisnotprospectiveintermsofitsefficiencyandmaneuverability.Themainweaknessesofthiskindofpropellersaretheproductionofvorticesandsuddengenerationofthrustforceswhichmakethecontrolofthepositionandmotiondifficult.Ontheotherhand,fishesandotheraquaticanimalsareefficientswimmers,posseshighmaneuverability,areabletofollowtrajectories,canefficientlystabilizethemselvesincurrentsandsurges,createlesswakesthancurrentlyusedunderwatervehicle,andalsohaveanoiselesspropulsion.Thefish’slocomotionmechanismismainlycontrolledbyitscaudalfinandpairedpectoralfins.TheyareclassifiedintoBodyand/orCaudalFin(BCF)andMedianand/orpairedPectoralFins(MPF).Thestudyofhighlyefficientswimmingmechanismsoffishcaninspireabetterunderwatervehiclesthrusterdesignanditsmechanism.Therearefewstudiesonunderwatervehiclesorfishrobotsusingpairedpectoralfinsasthruster.Theworkpresentedinthispaperrepresentsacontributioninthisareacoveringstudy,designandimplementationoflocomotionmechanismsofpairedpectoralfinsinafishrobot.Theperformanceandviabilityofthebiomimeticmethodforunderwatervehiclesarehighlightedthroughin-waterexperimentofaroboticfish.
