Manoeuvring of an aquatic soft robot using thrust-vectoring
Manoeuvring of an aquatic soft robot using thrust-vectoring
Capability of a pulsed-jetting, aquatic soft robot to perform turning manoeuvres by means of a steerable nozzle is investigated experimentally for the first time. Actuation of this robot is based on the periodic conversion of slowly-charged elastic potential energy into fluid kinetic energy, giving rise to a cyclic pulsed-jet resembling the one observed in cephalopods. A steerable nozzle enables the fluid jet to be deflected away from the vehicle axis, thus providing the robot with the unique ability to manoeuvre using thrust-vectoring. This actuation scheme is shown to offer a high degree of control authority when starting from rest, yielding turning radii of the order of half of the body length of the vehicle. The most significant factor affecting efficiency of the turn has been identified to be the fluid momentum losses in the deflected nozzle. This leads, given the current nozzle design, to a distinct optimum nozzle angle of 35°.
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Wang, Tao
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Lidtke, Artur K.
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Giorgio-Serchi, Francesco
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Weymouth, Gabriel D.
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27 May 2019
Wang, Tao
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Lidtke, Artur K.
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Giorgio-Serchi, Francesco
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Weymouth, Gabriel D.
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Wang, Tao, Lidtke, Artur K., Giorgio-Serchi, Francesco and Weymouth, Gabriel D.
(2019)
Manoeuvring of an aquatic soft robot using thrust-vectoring.
In 2019 2nd IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft).
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(doi:10.1109/ROBOSOFT.2019.8722732).
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Capability of a pulsed-jetting, aquatic soft robot to perform turning manoeuvres by means of a steerable nozzle is investigated experimentally for the first time. Actuation of this robot is based on the periodic conversion of slowly-charged elastic potential energy into fluid kinetic energy, giving rise to a cyclic pulsed-jet resembling the one observed in cephalopods. A steerable nozzle enables the fluid jet to be deflected away from the vehicle axis, thus providing the robot with the unique ability to manoeuvre using thrust-vectoring. This actuation scheme is shown to offer a high degree of control authority when starting from rest, yielding turning radii of the order of half of the body length of the vehicle. The most significant factor affecting efficiency of the turn has been identified to be the fluid momentum losses in the deflected nozzle. This leads, given the current nozzle design, to a distinct optimum nozzle angle of 35°.
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e-pub ahead of print date: April 2019
Published date: 27 May 2019
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2019 IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics, RoboSoft 2019, , Seoul, Korea, Republic of, 2019-04-14 - 2019-04-18
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