DocumentCode :
3042061
Title :
Advances and Trends of Bionic Underwater Propulsors
Author :
Zhang, Daibing ; Low, K.H. ; Xie, Haibin ; Shen, Lincheng
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Mechatron. Eng. & Autom., Nat. Univ. of Defense Technol., Changsha, China
Volume :
1
fYear :
2009
fDate :
19-21 May 2009
Firstpage :
13
Lastpage :
19
Abstract :
In recent twenty years, tens of the bionic underwater prototype propulsors which imitate aquatic animals have been invented. The bionic principles hand classification of bionic propulsors were presented firstly. The main advance of the bionic propulsors in the world has been listed in table form. Then the bottlenecks which include low efficiency and massive mechanism, hard-shelled reverse control method and exterior hydro-dynamic analysis are discussed. The future trends of the bionic underwater propulsors are forecasted. The main potential breakthroughs include innovative smart actuators and bionic neural control methods.
Keywords :
biocybernetics; hydrodynamics; mobile robots; propulsion; underwater vehicles; vehicle dynamics; aquatic animal; bionic neural control method; bionic underwater propulsor; exterior hydro-dynamic analysis; hand classification; hard-shelled reverse control method; smart actuators; Fasteners; Humans; Hydrodynamics; Marine animals; Marine technology; Propellers; Propulsion; Robots; Sea surface; Underwater vehicles; Bionic underwater propulsor; fish robot; neural control; underwater vehicle; undulation fin;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Systems, 2009. GCIS '09. WRI Global Congress on
Conference_Location :
Xiamen
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3571-5
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/GCIS.2009.458
Filename :
5209036
Link To Document :
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