New Concept Underwater Robot: Design, Optimization, and Applications
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Robotics and Automation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2023) | Viewed by 1581
Special Issue Editors
Interests: underwater robot; intelligent robotic systems
Interests: underwater robot; bio-inspired robot
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Dear Colleagues,
With the development of marine scientific research, marine resource development, and marine environmental protection, the demand for underwater robots has changed from the full coverage of the ocean to more refined, complex and diverse requirements. At the same time, with the development of technologies, such as robot configuration design, environmental perception, and intelligent control, various new concepts for underwater robots have emerged, such as jobs that cannot or are not easily performed by robots. How to improve the ability of new-concept underwater robots to interact with nature and operate autonomously in the future requires continuous research and exploration of new-concept underwater robot technology. The Special Issue topics include, but are not limited to:
- Application of bionic technology in underwater robots;
- Water–air/water–land cross-media robot;
- Agile underwater robot;
- Underwater inspection robot for marine structures;
- Multi-robot system and distributed new concept underwater robot;
- Application of new configuration, new drive and new material in the field of underwater robots;
- Related content of new concept underwater robot.
Dr. Gang Wang
Dr. Huiming Xing
Prof. Dr. He Shen
Guest Editors
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