为生物灵感的水下车辆制定转向控制策略
Owen McKenney1, Joseph Zhu1, Tianjun Han1
1Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States of America.
Bioinspiration & biomimetics
|July 31, 2025
概括
本研究介绍了一种新的转向策略,用于生物灵感的水下车辆 (BUV),使用不对称的尾部拍打时间. 这种方法可以实现高效的转,降低机械复杂性和更低的功耗.
科学领域:
- 机器人技术 机器人技术 机器人技术
- 生物启发工程 生物启发工程
- 流体动力学 流体动力学
背景情况:
- 鱼类的机动性为水下机器人设计提供了灵感.
- 开发生物灵感的水下车辆 (BUV) 面临着平衡功能与机械简单性的挑战.
研究的目的:
- 为生物灵感机器人鱼Tunabot展示一个单驱动器转向策略.
- 调查使用不对称的尾部拍子计时来产生BUV的转动力.
主要方法:
- 实现了不对称的尾声节拍计时,使用单个电机与数字编码器同步.
- 使用背部视图高速视频和DeepLabCut运动跟踪进行实验.
- 开发了缩放规律,以根据尾部跳动频率预测转向半径和游泳速度.
主要成果:
- 尾巴拍子时间的66%不对称差异实现了1.42个身体长度的转向半径.
- 开发了扩展规律来预测BUV的性能.
- 与对称的机动相比,不对称的机动显示了较低的功耗.
结论:
- 不对称的尾巴跳动控制使得机器人鱼在没有专门的方向机制的情况下能够有效地转动.
- 这种方法为设计高机动性,低功率的水下生物机器人提供了洞察力.
- 这项研究强调了模仿生物鱼类动力学的潜力,用于先进的机器人系统.
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