Biomimetic survival hydrodynamics and flow sensing

MS Triantafyllou, GD Weymouth… - Annual Review of Fluid …, 2016 - annualreviews.org
The fluid mechanics employed by aquatic animals in their escape or attack maneuvers, what
we call survival hydrodynamics, are fascinating because the recorded performance in …

A flexible liquid crystal polymer MEMS pressure sensor array for fish-like underwater sensing

AGP Kottapalli, M Asadnia, JM Miao… - Smart Materials and …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
In order to perform underwater surveillance, autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs)
require flexible, light-weight, reliable and robust sensing systems that are capable of flow …

Distributed flow estimation and closed-loop control of an underwater vehicle with a multi-modal artificial lateral line

L DeVries, FD Lagor, H Lei, X Tan… - Bioinspiration & …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Bio-inspired sensing modalities enhance the ability of autonomous vehicles to characterize
and respond to their environment. This paper concerns the lateral line of cartilaginous and …

Touch at a distance sensing: lateral-line inspired MEMS flow sensors

AGP Kottapalli, M Asadnia, J Miao… - Bioinspiration & …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Evolution bestowed the blind cavefish with a resourcefully designed lateral-line of sensors
that play an essential role in many important tasks including object detection and avoidance …

Flexible and surface-mountable piezoelectric sensor arrays for underwater sensing in marine vehicles

M Asadnia, AGP Kottapalli, Z Shen, J Miao… - IEEE Sensors …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In an effort to improve the situational awareness and obstacle avoidance of marine vehicles,
we fabricate, package and characterize Pb (Zr0. 52Ti0. 48) O3 thin-film piezoelectric …

Design considerations for an underwater soft-robot inspired from marine invertebrates

M Krieg, I Sledge, K Mohseni - Bioinspiration & biomimetics, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
This article serves as an overview of the unique challenges and opportunities made
possible by a soft, jellyfish inspired, underwater robot. We include a description of internal …

A new bionic lateral line system applied to pitch motion parameters perception for autonomous underwater vehicles

G Liu, M Wang, L Xu, A Incecik, MA Sotelo, Z Li… - Applied Ocean …, 2020 - Elsevier
Attitude perception for autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) is a challenging task. Most
of existing sensor systems are unable to detect the navigation attitude of AUVs while at the …

Harbor seal whisker inspired self-powered piezoelectric sensor for detecting the underwater flow angle of attack and velocity

X Zhang, X Shan, T Xie, J Miao, H Du, R Song - Measurement, 2021 - Elsevier
Nowadays, there are high demands for robust, low-powered, miniaturized and light-weight
sensors which can assist unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) in detecting hydrodynamic …

Capacitive bio-inspired flow sensing cupula

JP Wissman, K Sampath, SE Freeman, CA Rohde - Sensors, 2019 - mdpi.com
Submersible robotics have improved in efficiency and versatility by incorporating features
found in aquatic life, ranging from thunniform kinematics to shark skin textures. To fully …

Filose for svenning: A flow sensing bioinspired robot

M Kruusmaa, P Fiorini, W Megill… - IEEE Robotics & …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The trend of biomimetic underwater robots has emerged as a search for an alternative to
traditional propeller-driven underwater vehicles. The drive of this trend, as in any other areas …