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Artificial fish locomotion and sensing The lateral line provides fish with the ability to detect hydrodynamic patterns in the surrounding environment, thereby playing a key role in adapting to environmental changes. FILOSEs main goals are captured by the following objectives: investigate fish locomotion in a controlled hydrodynamic environment, in particular addressing the issue of how fish react to changes in hydrodynamic patterns; develop a novel mechanical design of an underwater fish robot, characterized by high maneuverability and low complexity; develop a MEMS-based artificial lateral line; develop a control method for the artificial fish, aimed at reproducing locomotion patterns found in biological fish and based on a central pattern generator (CPG); develop a method to characterize and classify hydrodynamic images, making use of a mechanosensory array; develop a classification method to couple detected hydrodynamic events with locomotion patterns found in biological fish; conduct comparative experiments in a controlled hydrodynamic environment to assess behaviour of an artificial fish equipped with artificial lateral line sensing with respect to the behaviour of a biological fish. We believe that the proposed investigations are key to building underwater robots that improve on the existing by exhibiting a greater degree of autonomy, adaptability to environmental changes, maneuverability, stability and overall lower complexity, as well as moving more efficiently and quietly. Project Budget: 2.400.000,00 euro Duration 01/02/2009 - 31/01/2012 For further information please contact: |