Fish lateral line inspired flow sensors and flow-aided control: A review

Y Zhai, X Zheng, G **e - Journal of Bionic Engineering, 2021‏ - Springer
Any phenomenon in nature is potential to be an inspiration for us to propose new ideas.
Lateral line is a typical example which has attracted more interest in recent years. With the …

Study on obstacle avoidance strategy using multiple ultrasonic sensors for spherical underwater robots

C Li, S Guo, J Guo - IEEE Sensors Journal, 2022‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
During marine missions, autonomous underwater robots (AUVs) are susceptible to external
disturbances, such as obstacles and ocean currents, which can easily cause mission failure …

Underwater variable frequency vibrating dipole detection of artificial lateral line based on the joint time-frequency analysis

Y Liu, Q Hu, Q Yang, T Fu - Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Inspired by the lateral line system (LLS) of fish, an underwater pressure sensor array, aka,
artificial lateral line system (ALLS) was proposed for underwater perception. The Fourier …

The relative perception system of underwater bionic vehicles based on the artificial lateral line pressure sensor array

Y Liu, Q Hu, Q Yang, T Fu, S Li - Flow Measurement and Instrumentation, 2023‏ - Elsevier
The lateral line system (LLS) is a unique sensing organ of fish. With the help of LLS, fish can
communicate and school underwater based on the flow field information even in darkness …

Ionic polymer metal composite (IPMC): an overview and its sensing applications

K Zhao, N Tian, J Li, H Lei - International Conference on …, 2023‏ - spiedigitallibrary.org
In recent years, ionic polymer metal composites (IPMCs), as one important class of
electroactive polymers (EAPs), have received tremendous interest for their potential …

Sensor placement optimization in the artificial lateral line using optimal weight analysis combining feature distance and variance evaluation

D Xu, Z Lv, H Zeng, H Bessaih, B Sun - ISA transactions, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Artificial lateral line is a multi-sensor system, mimicking the lateral line of fish to perceive the
parameters of flow field. However, it can easily lead to information loss or redundancy with …

Reliable underwater dipole source characterization in 3D space by an optimally designed artificial lateral line system

A Ahrari, H Lei, MA Sharif, K Deb… - Bioinspiration & …, 2017‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Inspired by the lateral line of aquatic vertebrates, an artificial lateral line (ALL) system can
localize and track an underwater moving object by analyzing the ambient flow caused by its …

[HTML][HTML] Optimal sensor placement of the artificial lateral line for flow parametric identification

D Xu, Y Zhang, J Tian, H Fan, Y **e, W Dai - Sensors, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
The multi-sensor artificial lateral line system (ALLS) can identify the flow-field's parameters
to realize the closed-loop control of the underwater robotic fish. An inappropriate sensor …

Hydrodynamic Imaging using an all-optical 2D Artificial Lateral Line

BJ Wolf, SM van Netten - 2019 IEEE Sensors Applications …, 2019‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Fish and amphibians can sense their hydrodynamic environment via fluid flow sensing
organs, called lateral lines. Using this lateral line they are able to detect disturbances in the …

Ionic polymer-metal composite torsional sensor: physics-based modeling and experimental validation

MA Sharif, H Lei, MK Al-Rubaiai… - Smart Materials and …, 2018‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Ionic polymer-metal composites (IPMCs) have intrinsic sensing and actuation properties.
Typical IPMC sensors are in the shape of beams and only respond to stimuli acting along …