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    • Weakly electric fish navigate complex aquatic environments using electrosensory information.
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    • This sensory modality provides crucial proximity information.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To demonstrate reflexive obstacle avoidance in aquatic environments.
    • To extract relative proximity information using spatial decompositions of electric field perturbations (electric images).
    • To develop a computationally inexpensive and implementable controller for real-time underwater autonomous navigation.

    Main Methods:

    • Formulated electrostatics equations to mathematically express electric images.
    • Designed a wide-field integration based static output feedback controller.
    • Implemented the controller in quasi-static simulations using finite element methods and validated through experiments with a gantry system.

    Main Results:

    • Demonstrated sense and avoid behaviors in simulated environments with complex geometries.
    • Experimental validation confirmed simulation results using conductive and non-conductive objects.
    • The proposed approach proved computationally inexpensive and readily implementable.

    Conclusions:

    • The developed method enables efficient obstacle avoidance for underwater autonomous navigation.
    • This bio-inspired approach offers a feasible solution for real-time navigation in challenging aquatic environments.
    • The system effectively utilizes electrosensory information for spatial perception and navigation.