A review on state-of-the-art power line inspection techniques

L Yang, J Fan, Y Liu, E Li, J Peng… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the fast development of smart grid, the power line mileage and power equipments get
rapid growth. The contradiction between the large number of maintenance equipments and …

Designs of the biomimetic robotic fishes performing body and/or caudal fin (BCF) swimming locomotion: a review

F Xie, Q Zuo, Q Chen, H Fang, K He, R Du… - Journal of Intelligent & …, 2021 - Springer
The excellent swimming performances of live fish motivate scientists and engineers around
the world to study its swimming mechanism and develop fish-like underwater robots …

Development and motion control of biomimetic underwater robots: A survey

R Wang, S Wang, Y Wang, L Cheng… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Biomimetic underwater robots have attracted considerable research attention globally,
owing to their quieter actuations, higher propulsion efficiency, and stronger maneuverability …

Recent advances on underwater soft robots

J Qu, Y Xu, Z Li, Z Yu, B Mao, Y Wang… - Advanced Intelligent …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The ocean environment has enormous uncertainty due to the influence of complex waves
and undercurrents. The human beings are limited in their abilities to detect and utilize …

Adaptive trajectory tracking control with novel heading angle and velocity compensation for autonomous underwater vehicles

R Wang, L Tang, Y Yang, S Wang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, a control scheme is designed for the trajectory tracking problem of
underactuated autonomous underwater vehicles with input saturation, parameter …

Development of an antihydropressure miniature underwater robot with multilocomotion mode using piezoelectric pulsed-jet actuator

X Zhou, K Li, Y Liu, J Sun, H Li… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The high-pressure environment of deep-sea challenges the miniaturization of underwater
robots due to the assembly of antihydropressure devices for protecting the electromagnetic …

Design and locomotion control of a dactylopteridae-inspired biomimetic underwater vehicle with hybrid propulsion

T Zhang, R Wang, Y Wang, L Cheng… - IEEE Transactions …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents the design and implementation of an innovative biomimetic underwater
vehicle (BUV) and its locomotion controller. Through mimicking a dactylopteridae, the hybrid …

Hierarchical image-based visual serving of underwater vehicle manipulator systems based on model predictive control and active disturbance rejection control

J Gao, X Liang, Y Chen, L Zhang, S Jia - Ocean engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
The image-based visual servoing (IBVS) problem of a redundant underwater vehicle
manipulator system (UVMS) with an eye-in-hand camera is investigated in this paper. With …

A review on visual servoing for underwater vehicle manipulation systems automatic control and case study

H Huang, X Bian, F Cai, J Li, T Jiang, Z Zhang, C Sun - Ocean Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Visual servoing can greatly improve underwater robot manipulation accuracy and
automation. Its main purpose is to control the end-effector pose of underwater vehicle …

Vision-based underwater inspection with portable autonomous underwater vehicle: Development, control, and evaluation

L Hong, X Wang, DS Zhang, M Zhao… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents the development of a portable autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV)
named Shark, along with the design of its hovering control system for vision-based …