在salp启发的多机器人游泳中,合喷气式协调和物理安排
Zhiyuan Yang1, Yipeng Zhang1, Jingshuo Li1
1Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States of America.
Bioinspiration & biomimetics
|October 15, 2025
概括
灵感来自于salps,SALP (Salp-inspired Approach to Low-energy Propulsion) 机器人系统增强了水下喷气推进. 协调的两机器人SALP组比单个机器人实现更高的速度和能源效率.
科学领域:
- 机器人技术 机器人技术 机器人技术
- 生物模拟学是一种生物模拟学.
- 流体动力学 流体动力学
背景情况:
- 在水生环境中,Salps表现出高能效的喷气推进.
- 生物可以单独移动或在协调的殖民地.
- 开发高效的水下推进对于机器人技术至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究SALP (Salp-inspired Approach to Low-energy Propulsion) 系统,一个生物模拟机器人受到salps的启发.
- 分析物理布局和喷气式协调如何影响两机器人SALP系统的性能.
- 了解多喷气推进的流体动力学.
主要方法:
- 进行了自由游泳测试,以评估运动性能指标.
- 粒子图像速度测量 (PIV) 用于描述流动力学.
- 该研究侧重于两种SALP系统,以检查合效应.
主要成果:
- 与单个SALP相比,一个协调的两个SALP系统实现了15.7%的更高速度和11.3%的更低运输成本.
- 观察到来自SALP喷嘴的螺旋环结构.
- 一个系列的环排列显示出比平行排列更大的循环和冲动.
结论:
- 萨尔普系统有效地模仿了萨尔普机动,为研究多喷气推进提供了一个平台.
- 物理布局显著影响推进效率,而系列配置更有效.
- 这些发现推动了节能,喷气式驱动的水下机器人的开发.
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