Title :
An Autonomous Robotic Fish for Mobile Sensing
Author :
Tan, Xiaobo ; Kim, Drew ; Usher, Nathan ; Laboy, Dan ; Jackson, Joel ; Kapetanovic, Azra ; Rapai, Jason ; Sabadus, Beniamin ; Zhou, Xin
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI
Abstract :
In this paper an innovative approach to robotics education is reported, where hands-on learning is integrated with cutting-edge research in the development of an autonomous, biomimetic robotic fish. The project aims to develop an energy-efficient, noiseless, untethered swimming robot for mobile sensing purposes. The robot is propelled by an ionic polymer-metal composite (IPMC) actuator and equipped with a GPS receiver, a ZigBee wireless communication module, a microcontroller, and a temperature sensor for autonomous navigation, control, and sensing. The two phases of the development are described, emphasizing both the technical approaches and the learning paradigms. The developed robotic fish will be further used as an educational kit for K-12 students and as a research tool for investigating multi-robot collaborative sensing
Keywords :
control engineering education; mobile robots; multi-robot systems; navigation; research and development; telemetry; GPS receivers; IPMC actuators; K-12 students; ZigBee wireless communication module; autonomous navigation; autonomous robotic fish; educational kits; energy-efficient robots; ionic polymer-metal composite actuators; microcontrollers; mobile sensing; multi-robot collaborative sensing; noiseless robots; research tools; robotics education; temperature sensors; untethered swimming robots; Actuators; Biomimetics; Educational robots; Energy efficiency; Global Positioning System; Marine animals; Mobile robots; Polymers; Propulsion; Robot sensing systems;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2006 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0258-1
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0259-X
DOI :
10.1109/IROS.2006.282110
