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Modeling of Hovering Type AUV Test Bed with Four Thrusters and Two Hulls Design
, 2010 This paper proposes a design of hovering Type Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) using four thruster and two hulls. The state vector representation of AUV kinematics and the mathematical modeling of their dynamics of motion are presented.
eko, ekohenfri
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Dynamic whole-body motion generation under rigid contacts and other unilateral constraints [PDF]
, 2013 The most widely used technique for generating wholebody motions on a humanoid robot accounting for various tasks and constraints is inverse kinematics. Based on the task-function approach, this class of methods enables the coordination of robot movements
Ramos, Oscar E. +11 more
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A Review on Sensor Technologies, Control Approaches, and Emerging Challenges in Soft Robotics
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.This review provides an introspective of sensors and controllers in soft robotics. Initially describing the current sensing methods, then moving on to the control methods utilized, and finally ending with challenges and future directions in soft robotics focusing on the material innovations, sensor fusion, and embedded intelligence for sensors and ...
Ean Lovett +5 more
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Reconfigurable Transparent Variable‐Stiffness Soft Robot for Underwater Operations
Advanced Intelligent SystemsIn the realm of underwater exploration and operations, soft robots exhibit considerable application potential due to their capacity for agile and complex deformations as well as their inherent compliance.
Qin Fang +7 more
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Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.Visual teach‐and‐repeat (VTR) navigation allows robots to learn and follow routes without building a full metric map. We show that navigation accuracy for VTR can be improved by integrating a topological map with error‐drift correction based on stereo vision.
Fuhai Ling, Ze Huang, Tony J. Prescott
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Design and Experimental Research of a New Adsorption Structure for Underwater Robot
Jixie chuandong, 2023 Underwater robot has been widely used to carry out a variety of underwater inspection and maintenance operations instead of human beings, in which the adsorption structure is an important unit for the robot to face all kinds of complex slope and ...
Zhang Gang +4 more
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Coordination of Multiple Robotic Fish With Applications to Underwater Robot Competition
, 2016 This paper is concerned with the coordination control of multiple biomimetic robotic fish in highly dynamic aquatic environments by building a hybrid centralized system.
Xie GM(谢广明) +5 more
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Grid-based GA path planning with improved cost function for an over-actuated hover-capable AUV [PDF]
, 2014 For an AUV to perform a long-range mission with its maximum endurance, its energy consumption during transit must be kept to a minimum. This paper presents an improved cost function for a grid-based genetic algorithm (GA) path planning in 2D static ...
Philip A. Wilson +10 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
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Conceptual Design of a Novel Biomimetic Underwater Robot
Applications of Modelling and Simulation, 2020 By defining the limits and the design specification, that an underwater robotic vehicle should fulfill in order to be characterized as biomimetic, a shell structure with a modular locomotion mechanism is proposed, using THUNDER piezoelectric, for a novel
George G. Volanis +2 more
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