Recent progress on underwater soft robots: Adhesion, grabbing, actuating, and sensing

Y Zhang, D Kong, Y Shi, M Cai, Q Yu, S Li… - … in Bioengineering and …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The research on biomimetic robots, especially soft robots with flexible materials as the main
structure, is constantly being explored. It integrates multi-disciplinary content, such as …

Current development of bionic flexible sensors applied to marine flow field detection

Q Xia, N Song, C Liu, R Zhai, C Ai, X Sun… - Sensors and Actuators A …, 2023 - Elsevier
At present, the utilization and development of marine resources have received extensive
attention. Therefore, a high-sensitivity flow field sensing system is urgently needed, which …

Learning for attitude holding of a robotic fish: An end-to-end approach with sim-to-real transfer

J Zheng, T Zhang, C Wang, M Xiong… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Controlling biomimetic underwater robots in unknown flow fields remains a challenge due to
the strong nonlinearity of the fluid. This article investigates the attitude holding task of a …

Enhanced performance of bionic ciliary piezoelectric microsensor for hydrodynamic perception

X Zhang, J Luo, X Shan, T Xie, B Ma - International Journal of Mechanical …, 2023 - Elsevier
This work presents a bionic ciliary piezoelectric microsensor in d 33 mode for enhancing
performance of self-powered hydrodynamic perception. The sensor is composed of a …

Morphological intelligence mechanisms in biological and biomimetic flow sensing

Z Gong, Y Cao, H Cao, B Wan, Z Yang… - Advanced Intelligent …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Many aquatic and aerial animals have evolved highly sensitive flow receptors to help them
survive in challenging environments. The biological flow receptors, such as filiform hairs …

[HTML][HTML] Wettability and surface energy of parylene F deposited on PDMS

B Han, P Wang, H Jin, Z Hou, X Bai - Physics Letters A, 2020 - Elsevier
For the first time, the wettability and surface energy of parylene F were investigated. The
results showed that parylene F had a hydrophobic surface with an eigen water contact angle …

Bio-inspired flexible lateral line sensor based on P (VDF-TrFE)/BTO nanofiber mat for hydrodynamic perception

X Hu, Y Jiang, Z Ma, Y Xu, D Zhang - Sensors, 2019 - mdpi.com
Fish and some amphibians can perform a variety of behaviors in confined and harsh
environments by employing an extraordinary mechanosensory organ, the lateral line system …

A Highly Sensitive Deep-Sea Hydrodynamic Pressure Sensor Inspired by Fish Lateral Line

X Hu, Z Ma, Z Gong, F Zhao, S Guo, D Zhang, Y Jiang - Biomimetics, 2024 - mdpi.com
Hydrodynamic pressure sensors offer an auxiliary approach for ocean exploration by
unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs). However, existing hydrodynamic pressure sensors …

DMD-based background flow sensing for AUVs in flow pattern changing environments

F Dang, S Nasreen, F Zhang - IEEE Robotics and Automation …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This letter is concerned with real-time background flow field estimation using distributed
pressure sensor measurements for autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs). The goal of …

Parylene F coatings for combating marine biofouling

L Tian, Y Yin, J Zhao, H Jin, Y Shang, S Yan, S Dong - Materials Letters, 2021 - Elsevier
Parylene is an excellent barrier material used widely in many fields. In this work, parylene F
was deposited on a polydimethylsiloxane substrate via chemical vapor deposition. We found …