Biomimetics, which draws inspiration from nature, has emerged as a key approach in the
development of underwater vehicles. The integration of this approach with computational …

In many modern engineering fields, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) has been adopted
as a methodology to solve complex problems. CFD is becoming a key component in …

Aquatic robotics is making a critical transition to adapt and inspire more efficient systems
from nature. The result is the abandonment of inefficient propeller-based locomotion for a …

With the rapid development of unmanned aerial and underwater vehicles, various tasks,
such as biodiversity monitoring, surveying, and mapping, as well as, search and rescue can …

Bio-inspired solutions have been deeply investigated in the last two decades as a source of
propulsive improvement for autonomous underwater vehicles. Despite the efforts made to …

THE development of highly maneuverable underwater vehicles is currently of interest, with
their design being based on the undulatory body motion swimming techniques and …

Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) have shown great promise in fulfilling
surveillance, scavenging, and monitoring tasks, but can be hindered in expansive, cluttered …

Hydrodynamic performance investigation of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) plays
a crucial role in their shape design, dynamic modeling, and motion control. Over the past few …

It has long been understood that swimming marine animals have evolved capabilities in
terms of speed, manoeuvrability, and efficiency which are desirable for underwater vehicles …

Autonomous underwater vehicles play an essential role in geophysical data collection, deep
water mining, seafloor mapping, ocean exploration, and in many other related activities …