A new jet propulsion device for small subsea robots

摘要

The authors are developing a propulsion device for short duration positioning of small subsea robots that mimics the jet mechanism used by squid. The water jet is generated by a gas-operated hydraulic actuator. The authors describe the concept of the device and some control tests soon to be conducted on a simple configuration in a wave tank facility.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">&gt;</ETX>