Development of a motion control system using phototaxis for a fish type robot

Hirofumi Sumoto, Satoru Yamaguchi

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Abstract

Animals have behavioral characteristics, which is called "taxis". These are the behavior to go toward or away from some kinds of stimulus such as light, water flow, chemical substances, and so on. In this paper, the authors focused on one kind of taxes called phototaxis, and attempted to apply it as the motion control system of a fish type robot. To mimic the taxis, two photo sensors are installed in the newly developed robot body. In past work, authors had a problem with its battery power of the robot. To resolve this, a lithium-ion battery is employed due to its high capacity and high rate of discharge. In this paper the authors introduce an improvement to the robot.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 20th (2010) International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, ISOPE-2010
Pages307-310
Number of pages4
Publication statusPublished - 2010
Event20th International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, ISOPE-2010 - Beijing, China
Duration: Jun 20 2010Jun 25 2010

Publication series

NameProceedings of the International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference
Volume2
ISSN (Print)1098-6189
ISSN (Electronic)1555-1792

Other

Other20th International Offshore and Polar Engineering Conference, ISOPE-2010
Country/TerritoryChina
CityBeijing
Period6/20/106/25/10

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Energy Engineering and Power Technology
  • Ocean Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering

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