A review on the hydrodynamic characteristics of autonomous underwater vehicles

JP Panda, A Mitra, HV Warrior - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Autonomous underwater vehicles play an essential role in geophysical data collection, deep
water mining, seafloor map**, ocean exploration, and in many other related activities …

SoJel–A 3D printed jellyfish-like robot using soft materials for underwater applications

PS Matharu, Z Wang, JH Costello, SP Colin… - Ocean …, 2023 - Elsevier
Mass manufactured, biologically inspired soft robots are needed for safe robot-animal
interactions. The key challenges are the design and manufacture of high-performance …

Review of multi-fin propulsion and functional materials of underwater bionic robotic fish

Z Wang, C Dong, Z Zhang, Q Tian… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
At present, single-fin propulsion modes, such as pectoral fins and caudal fins, cannot ensure
the mobility and forward speed of bionic robotic fish, whereas a multi-fin and flexible body …

Performance evaluation of a hybrid thruster for spherical underwater robots

C Li, S Guo, J Guo - IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, a hybrid thruster for spherical underwater robots (SURs) was developed and
its performance was evaluated. The objective of this work was to improve the execution …

Adaptive multi-mode switching strategy for the spherical underwater robot with hybrid thrusters

C Li, S Guo - Advanced Engineering Informatics, 2023 - Elsevier
The conventional autonomous cruise and tracking system cannot transition and change its
motion mode according to the underwater environment during operation, so it is of great …

Dynamic modeling and motion control of a novel conceptual multimodal underwater vehicle for autonomous sampling

H Zhou, J Cao, J Fu, C Liu, Z Wei, C Yu, Z Zeng… - Ocean …, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper presents a conceptual design of a novel multimodal underwater vehicle that
integrates the merits of the Argo profiling float, the buoyancy-driven underwater glider and …

Optimal tracking control of an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle: A PMP approach

B Anil, S Gajbhiye - ISA transactions, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper addresses the optimal tracking control problem of an Autonomous Underwater
Vehicle (AUV) using Pontryagin's Minimum Principle (PMP). The formulation uses a choice …

Simulation-based semi-empirical comparative study of fixed and vectored thruster configurations for an underwater vehicle

J Kadiyam, S Mohan, D Deshmukh, T Seo - Ocean Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
In the recent past, intervention-class autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) have gained
the ocean/marine research community's attention due to their multidisciplinary operational …

Dynamic model and motion characteristics of an underwater glider with manta-inspired wings

Y Zhu, Y Liu, L Zhang, Y Wang, W Niu… - Journal of Bionic …, 2022 - Springer
An underwater glider with bionic wings controlled by two operating modes is proposed to
perform a variety of marine exploration tasks. The system composition of the vehicle and the …

How Do Combustions Actuate High-Speed Soft Robots?

Y Yang, H Ren, P Jiao, Z He - Soft Robotics, 2024 - liebertpub.com
The combustion actuation method opens a unique pathway for high-performance soft robots,
allowing for high accelerations in multifunctional applications. Along with multifunctionality …