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Sharkbait: Unmanned Underwater-Air Hybrid Vehicle [PDF]

, 2016
To design, build, and test a hybrid unmanned vehicle. The vehicle shall perform as an aerial vehicle, underwater vehicle, and transition between these modes without external ...
Costello, Zach, Bueno, Nick, Izzi, Cameron, Conrad, Asim, Van Casteren, Sal, Klein, Patrick, Watson, Jake, Diotte, Michael, Steinert, Morgan, Eldridge, Alexa, Harmeling, Kyler   +10 more
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Real-time people and vehicle detection from UAV imagery [PDF]

, 2011
A generic and robust approach for the real-time detection of people and vehicles from an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle(UAV) is an important goal within the framework of fully autonomous UAV deployment for aerial reconnaissance andsurveillance.
Anna Gaszczak, Gaszczak, A., Breckon, Toby P., Han, Jiwan, Han, J., Breckon, T.P., Jiwan Han, Gaszczak, Anna, Toby P. Breckon   +8 more
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SotonAUV: the design and development of a small, manoeuvrable autonomous underwater vehicle [PDF]

, 2008
The University of Southampton's entry into the Student Autonomous Underwater Challenge-Europe (SAUC-E) 2007 was a custom designed and built autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) named 'SotonAUV'.
Sharkh, S.M., Phillips, A., M Furlong, J Akhtman, Turnock, S.R., Furlong, M., A Phillips, SM Sharkh, SR Turnock, Akhtman, J., Palmer, A., Phillips, A.B., A Palmer   +12 more
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Design of biomimetic aerial-aquatic vehicle based on soft cross-medium technology

Zhongguo Jianchuan Yanjiu
ObjectiveThis study aims to develop a concept design for an unmanned aerial-aquatic cross-medium vehicle that can fly in the air and navigate underwater, and features repeatable medium transitions and superior hydrodynamic performance.
Lei ZHANG, Zhiyong ZHANG, Yang MIAO, Jian DUAN, Bin LIU   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Nonlinear H∞ Optimal Control Scheme for an Underwater Vehicle with Regional Function Formulation [PDF]

, 2013
A conventional region control technique cannot meet the demands for an accurate tracking performance in view of its inability to accommodate highly nonlinear system dynamics, imprecise hydrodynamic coefficients, and external disturbances.
Ismail, Zool, Zool H. Ismail, Matthew W. Dunnigan, Dunnigan, Mathew Walter   +3 more
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Cross domain Persistent Monitoring for Hybrid Aerial Underwater Vehicles

2026 Brazilian Conference on Robotics (CROS)
Hybrid Unmanned Aerial Underwater Vehicles (HUAUVs) have emerged as platforms capable of operating in both aerial and underwater environments, enabling applications such as inspection, mapping, search, and rescue in challenging scenarios. However, the development of novel methodologies poses significant challenges due to the distinct dynamics and ...
Ricardo B. Grando, Victor Augusto Kich, Alisson Henrique Kolling, Junior Costa de Jesus, Rodrigo da Silva Guerra, Paulo L. J. Drews-Jr   +5 more
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Design and experiment of a multimodal aerial aquatic vehicle with morphing wing and tilting rotors

Advances in Mechanical Engineering
Aerial aquatic vehicles have wide prospects in scientific and industrial fields because of their cross-domain locomotion ability. To improve the operation capacity of aerial aquatic vehicles, a novel multimodal hybrid vehicle was proposed in this paper ...
Minghai Xia, Baocai Wang, Zirong Luo
doaj   +1 more source

Current State of Technology of Fuel Cell Power Systems for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles

Energies, 2014
Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) are vehicles that are primarily used to accomplish oceanographic research data collection and auxiliary offshore tasks.
Alejandro Mendez, Teresa J. Leo, Miguel A. Herreros   +2 more
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Soft Actuators Integrated with Control and Power Units: Approaching Wireless Autonomous Soft Robots

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
Soft robots exhibit significant development potential in various applications. However, there are still key technical challenges regarding material improvement, structure design and components integration. This review focuses on the development and challenge of soft actuators, power components, and control components in untethered intelligent soft ...
Renwu Shi, Feifei Pan, Xiaobin Ji
wiley   +1 more source

Multimodal Locomotion in Insect‐Inspired Microrobots: A Review of Strategies for Aerial, Surface, Aquatic, and Interfacial Motion

Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
This review identifies key design considerations for insect‐inspired microrobots capable of multimodal locomotion. To draw inspiration, biological and robotic strategies for moving in air, on water surfaces, and underwater are examined, along with approaches for crossing the air–water interface.
Mija Jovchevska, Kaushik Jayaram, Nicole Xu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source