Title : 
Development of a spherical underwater robot
         
        
            Author : 
Lin, Xichuan ; Guo, Shuxiang ; Tanaka, Koujirou ; Hata, Seji
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Kagawa Univ., Kagawa, Japan
         
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
This paper presents a spherical underwater robot which uses three vectored water-jet propellers as its propulsion system. In this paper we introduced the conceptual design of the spherical underwater robot including the hull, waterproof chamber, propulsion system. Then we develop a prototype of this spherical underwater robot. Finally, we carry out confirmatory experiments to verify the availability of the design of the spherical underwater robot.
         
        
            Keywords : 
marine propulsion; mobile robots; propellers; remotely operated vehicles; underwater vehicles; hull; propulsion system; spherical underwater robot; three vectored water-jet propellers; waterproof chamber; Propellers; Robots; Rubber; Three dimensional displays; Hull; Propulsion System; Servo Motors; Water-jet propellers; Waterproof Chamber;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Complex Medical Engineering (CME), 2011 IEEE/ICME International Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Harbin Heilongjiang
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-9323-4
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/ICCME.2011.5876823