4 papers
Multifunctional Locomotion Control of Multi-Jointed BURs with Swimming and gait Capabilities
Takumi Asada, Hideo Furuhashi, Kenta Tabata +2
Multimodal biomimetic underwater robots (BURs) can conduct underwater tasks suitable for the environment. Combining the characteristics of aquatic organisms enables the swimming an…
Path Following Control System of Line-of-Sight Guidance for Robotic Dolphin with Multi-Link Mechanism in Underwater Simulator
Takumi Asada, Takao Oki, Hideo Furuhashi +3
Biomimetic autonomous underwater vehicle (BAUV) with multi-link mechanism is widely used in aquatic life observation and environmental surveys due to its low power consumption and…
Safe mobility support system using crowd mapping and avoidance route planning using VLM
Sena Saito, Kenta Tabata, Renato Miyagusuku +1
Autonomous mobile robots offer promising solutions for labor shortages and increased operational efficiency. However, navigating safely and effectively in dynamic environments, par…
Biomimetic Mantaray robot toward the underwater autonomous -- Experimental verification of swimming and diving by flapping motion -
Kenta Tabata, Ryosuke Oku, Jun Ito +2
This study presents the development and experimental verification of a biomimetic manta ray robot for underwater autonomous exploration. Inspired by manta rays, the robot uses flap…