Data-Driven Prediction of Experimental Hydrodynamic Data of the Manta Ray Robot Using Deep Learning Method

To precisely control the manta ray robot and improve its swimming and turning speed, the hydrodynamic parameters corresponding to different motion control variables must be tested experimentally. In practice, too many input control parameters will bring thousands of groups of underwater experiments,...

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Main Authors: Jingyi Bai, Qiaogao Huang, Guang Pan, Junjie He
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-09-01
Series:Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/10/9/1285
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Qiaogao Huang
Guang Pan
Junjie He
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description To precisely control the manta ray robot and improve its swimming and turning speed, the hydrodynamic parameters corresponding to different motion control variables must be tested experimentally. In practice, too many input control parameters will bring thousands of groups of underwater experiments, posing challenges to the duration and operability of the engineering project. This study proposes a generative adversarial network model to reduce the experimental period by predicting the hydrodynamic experimental time-series data of forces and torques in the three-coordinate directions in a Cartesian coordinate system through different combinations of motion control parameters. The motion control parameters include the rotation amplitude, frequency, and phase difference of the four steering gears which drive the pectoral fins. We designed the prototype and experimental platform and obtained 150 sets of experimental data.To prevent overfitting, the size of the dataset was expanded to 2250 groups by slicing time series, and the subsequences of varying lengths were extended to the same length by LSTM. Finally, the GAN model is used to predict the hydrodynamic time series corresponding to the different motion parameters. The results show that the GAN model can accurately predict the input both from the validation set and the unlearned interpolated motion parameters. This study will save experimental time and cost and provide detailed hydrodynamic experimental data for the precise control of manta rays.
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spelling doaj.art-dfb7db31b4da42119bcefd0e41d32f422023-11-23T17:07:48ZengMDPI AGJournal of Marine Science and Engineering2077-13122022-09-01109128510.3390/jmse10091285Data-Driven Prediction of Experimental Hydrodynamic Data of the Manta Ray Robot Using Deep Learning MethodJingyi Bai0Qiaogao Huang1Guang Pan2Junjie He3School of Marine Science and Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, ChinaSchool of Marine Science and Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, ChinaSchool of Marine Science and Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, ChinaSchool of Marine Science and Technology, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an 710072, ChinaTo precisely control the manta ray robot and improve its swimming and turning speed, the hydrodynamic parameters corresponding to different motion control variables must be tested experimentally. In practice, too many input control parameters will bring thousands of groups of underwater experiments, posing challenges to the duration and operability of the engineering project. This study proposes a generative adversarial network model to reduce the experimental period by predicting the hydrodynamic experimental time-series data of forces and torques in the three-coordinate directions in a Cartesian coordinate system through different combinations of motion control parameters. The motion control parameters include the rotation amplitude, frequency, and phase difference of the four steering gears which drive the pectoral fins. We designed the prototype and experimental platform and obtained 150 sets of experimental data.To prevent overfitting, the size of the dataset was expanded to 2250 groups by slicing time series, and the subsequences of varying lengths were extended to the same length by LSTM. Finally, the GAN model is used to predict the hydrodynamic time series corresponding to the different motion parameters. The results show that the GAN model can accurately predict the input both from the validation set and the unlearned interpolated motion parameters. This study will save experimental time and cost and provide detailed hydrodynamic experimental data for the precise control of manta rays.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/10/9/1285manta ray robothydrodynamic experimentgenerative adversarial networksdata augmentationdeep learning
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Data-Driven Prediction of Experimental Hydrodynamic Data of the Manta Ray Robot Using Deep Learning Method
Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
manta ray robot
hydrodynamic experiment
generative adversarial networks
data augmentation
deep learning
title Data-Driven Prediction of Experimental Hydrodynamic Data of the Manta Ray Robot Using Deep Learning Method
title_full Data-Driven Prediction of Experimental Hydrodynamic Data of the Manta Ray Robot Using Deep Learning Method
title_fullStr Data-Driven Prediction of Experimental Hydrodynamic Data of the Manta Ray Robot Using Deep Learning Method
title_full_unstemmed Data-Driven Prediction of Experimental Hydrodynamic Data of the Manta Ray Robot Using Deep Learning Method
title_short Data-Driven Prediction of Experimental Hydrodynamic Data of the Manta Ray Robot Using Deep Learning Method
title_sort data driven prediction of experimental hydrodynamic data of the manta ray robot using deep learning method
topic manta ray robot
hydrodynamic experiment
generative adversarial networks
data augmentation
deep learning
url https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1312/10/9/1285
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