Design of a semiautonomous biomimetic underwater vehicle for environmental monitoring

This paper describes a preliminary prototype of a fishlike biomimetic underwater robot. The goal is to develop a semiautonomous vehicle for environmental monitoring in shallow waters. We describe the vehicle and discuss the environmental factors that have influenced the design. Experimental results...

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Published in2005 International Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Robotics and Automation pp. 9 - 14
Main Authors Listak, M., Martin, G., Pugal, D., Aabloo, A., Kruusmaa, M.
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 2005
Subjects
Biomimetics
Computerized monitoring
Inspection
Marine animals
Marine technology
Marine vehicles
Prototypes
Robots
Surges
Underwater vehicles
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Summary:This paper describes a preliminary prototype of a fishlike biomimetic underwater robot. The goal is to develop a semiautonomous vehicle for environmental monitoring in shallow waters. We describe the vehicle and discuss the environmental factors that have influenced the design. Experimental results illustrate the performance of the prototype.
ISBN:9780780393554
0780393554
DOI:10.1109/CIRA.2005.1554247