Underwater robot sensing technology: A survey
Underwater robot technologies are crucial for marine resource exploration and autonomous manipulation, and many breakthroughs have been achieved with key indicators (e.g., dive depth and navigation range). However, due to the complicated underwater environment, the state-of-the-art sensing technolog...
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| description | Underwater robot technologies are crucial for marine resource exploration and autonomous manipulation, and many breakthroughs have been achieved with key indicators (e.g., dive depth and navigation range). However, due to the complicated underwater environment, the state-of-the-art sensing technologies cannot handle all the needs of underwater observations. To improve the autonomous operating capacity of underwater robots, there is an urgent need to develop underwater sensing technology. Therefore, in this paper, we first introduce the development of underwater robot platforms. We then review some key sensing technologies such as underwater acoustic sensing, underwater optical sensing, underwater magnetic sensing, and underwater bionic sensing. Finally, we point out the challenges of underwater sensing technology and future directions in addressing these challenges, e.g., underwater bionic sensing, new underwater material development, multisource information fusion, and the construction of general test platforms. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-474669cf068448afbe491c9538114a9c2022-12-27T04:41:51ZengKeAi Communications Co. Ltd.Fundamental Research2667-32582021-05-0113337345Underwater robot sensing technology: A surveyYang Cong0Changjun Gu1Tao Zhang2Yajun Gao3The State Key Laboratory of Robotics, Shenyang Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China; Institutes for Robotics and Intelligent Manufacturing, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China; Corresponding author.The State Key Laboratory of Robotics, Shenyang Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China; Institutes for Robotics and Intelligent Manufacturing, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, ChinaThe State Key Laboratory of Robotics, Shenyang Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China; Institutes for Robotics and Intelligent Manufacturing, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, ChinaThe State Key Laboratory of Robotics, Shenyang Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China; Institutes for Robotics and Intelligent Manufacturing, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, ChinaUnderwater robot technologies are crucial for marine resource exploration and autonomous manipulation, and many breakthroughs have been achieved with key indicators (e.g., dive depth and navigation range). However, due to the complicated underwater environment, the state-of-the-art sensing technologies cannot handle all the needs of underwater observations. To improve the autonomous operating capacity of underwater robots, there is an urgent need to develop underwater sensing technology. Therefore, in this paper, we first introduce the development of underwater robot platforms. We then review some key sensing technologies such as underwater acoustic sensing, underwater optical sensing, underwater magnetic sensing, and underwater bionic sensing. Finally, we point out the challenges of underwater sensing technology and future directions in addressing these challenges, e.g., underwater bionic sensing, new underwater material development, multisource information fusion, and the construction of general test platforms.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667325821000522Underwater robotUnderwater robot sensingAcoustic sensingOptical sensingMagnetic sensingBionic sensing |
| spellingShingle | Yang Cong Changjun Gu Tao Zhang Yajun Gao Underwater robot sensing technology: A survey Fundamental Research Underwater robot Underwater robot sensing Acoustic sensing Optical sensing Magnetic sensing Bionic sensing |
| title | Underwater robot sensing technology: A survey |
| title_full | Underwater robot sensing technology: A survey |
| title_fullStr | Underwater robot sensing technology: A survey |
| title_full_unstemmed | Underwater robot sensing technology: A survey |
| title_short | Underwater robot sensing technology: A survey |
| title_sort | underwater robot sensing technology a survey |
| topic | Underwater robot Underwater robot sensing Acoustic sensing Optical sensing Magnetic sensing Bionic sensing |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667325821000522 |
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