30 Innovative Heterogeneous Remote-Controlled Underwater System Includes Five 鈥楽pecial鈥� and 25 ‘Normal’ Autonomous Robots听
Researchers from Khalifa University鈥檚 Center for Autonomous Robotic Systems (KU-CARS) in collaboration with the Technology Innovation Institute (TII) have developed a swarm of robotic fishes that can be used for underwater monitoring and inspection of offshore infrastructure.听
The project titled 鈥楬eterogeneous Swarm of Underwater Robotic Fish,鈥� has 30 autonomous remote-controlled underwater robots that are designed to navigate together, using advanced communication. These robots can be deployed for鈥痵everal tasks including ocean monitoring and inspection of offshore infrastructure, and environmental surveys, subsea wreck and mines searching, as well as utilizing self-coordination with centralized control structure.听
Of the 30, five of them are ‘special’ robotic fishes integrated with more sensors and communication channels with the remote operator, while the 25 ‘normal’ autonomous fishes, with fewer sensors have the ability to communicate with each other, enabling recovery of the robot in case of emergency.听
Clarence Michael
English Editor – Specialist听
