Coordinated Transport by Multiple Biomimetic Robotic Fish in Underwater Environment

Abstract

<para xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> This paper presents a coordination method for multiple biomimetic robotic fish in underwater transport task. Based on our robotic fish prototype, we further investigate the coordination problems of multiple robotic fish. Considering the kinematic constraints of the robotic fish, and the unstructured and dynamic characteristics of the water environment, we utilize the limit cycle approach to control the posture of the fish and realize collision avoidance. To control the transport orientation in the particular underwater environment, the fuzzy logic method is adopted. Experimental results of transportation performed by three robotic fish validate the effectiveness of the proposed method. </para>