Development of underwater microrobot with biomimetic locomotion

A biomimetic underwater microrobot with multifunctional locomotion

Underwater microrobots are in urgent demand for applications such as pollution detection and video mapping in limited space. Compact structure, multi-functionality, and flexibility are normally considered incompatible characteristics for underwater microrobots. Nevertheless, to accomplish our objectives, we designed a novel inchworm-inspired biomimetic locomotion prototype with ionic polymer me...

Development of a biomimetic underwater microrobot for a father–son robot system

Underwater vehicles have been extensively applied to underwater intervention missions instead of human in recent years. As the crucial equipment of underwater vehicles, underwater manipulators typically play an important role in the underwater tasks. Generally, underwater manipulators are operated manually by human with remotely operated vehicles (ROVs). A KORDI ROV with a dual teleoperated man...

Fish-Like Underwater Microrobot with 3 DOF

It is our purpose to develop an underwater microrobot that has the characteristics of flexibility, driven by a low voltage, good response and safety in body. We have reported an underwater fish-like microrobot with 2 DOF that has the characteristics of flexibility, good response and safety in body before. In this paper, we propose a new prototype model of an underwater microrobot utilizing ICPF...

A Novel Soft Biomimetic Microrobot with Two Motion Attitudes

 A variety of microrobots have commonly been used in the fields of biomedical engineering and underwater operations during the last few years. Thanks to their compact structure, low driving power, and simple control systems, microrobots can complete a variety of underwater tasks, even in limited spaces. To accomplish our objectives, we previously designed several bio-inspired underwater microro...

Development and Experiments of a Bio-inspired Underwater Microrobot with 8 Legs