A Bio-Inspired MEMS Wake Detector for AUV Tracking and Coordinated Formation

Qingyu Qiao; Xiangzheng Kong; Shufeng Wu; Guochang Liu; Guojun Zhang; Hua Yang; Wendong Zhang; Yuhua Yang; Licheng Jia; Changde He; Jiangong Cui; Renxin Wang

doi:10.3390/rs15112949

Remote Sensing (Jun 2023)

A Bio-Inspired MEMS Wake Detector for AUV Tracking and Coordinated Formation

Qingyu Qiao,
Xiangzheng Kong,
Shufeng Wu,
Guochang Liu,
Guojun Zhang,
Hua Yang,
Wendong Zhang,
Yuhua Yang,
Licheng Jia,
Changde He,
Jiangong Cui,
Renxin Wang

Affiliations

Qingyu Qiao: State Key Laboratory of Dynamic Testing Technology, North University of China, Taiyuan 030051, China
Xiangzheng Kong: State Key Laboratory of Dynamic Testing Technology, North University of China, Taiyuan 030051, China
Shufeng Wu: State Key Laboratory of Dynamic Testing Technology, North University of China, Taiyuan 030051, China
Guochang Liu: State Key Laboratory of Dynamic Testing Technology, North University of China, Taiyuan 030051, China
Guojun Zhang: State Key Laboratory of Dynamic Testing Technology, North University of China, Taiyuan 030051, China
Hua Yang: Department of Electronic Engineering, College of Information Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266000, China
Wendong Zhang: State Key Laboratory of Dynamic Testing Technology, North University of China, Taiyuan 030051, China
Yuhua Yang: State Key Laboratory of Dynamic Testing Technology, North University of China, Taiyuan 030051, China
Licheng Jia: State Key Laboratory of Dynamic Testing Technology, North University of China, Taiyuan 030051, China
Changde He: State Key Laboratory of Dynamic Testing Technology, North University of China, Taiyuan 030051, China
Jiangong Cui: State Key Laboratory of Dynamic Testing Technology, North University of China, Taiyuan 030051, China
Renxin Wang: State Key Laboratory of Dynamic Testing Technology, North University of China, Taiyuan 030051, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15112949
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 15, no. 11
p. 2949

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AUV (Autonomous Underwater Vehicle) coordinated formation can expand the detection range, improve detection efficiency, and complete complex tasks, which requires each AUV to have the ability to track and locate. A wake detector provides a new technical approach for AUV cooperative formation warfare. Now, most of the existing artificial lateral line detectors are for one-dimensional flow field applications, which are difficult to use for wake detection of AUVs. Therefore, based on the pressure gradient sensing mechanism of the canal neuromasts, we apply Micro-Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) technology to develop a lateral line-inspired MEMS wake detector. The sensing mechanism, design, and fabrication are demonstrated in detail. Experimental results show the detector’s sensitivity is 147 mV·(m/s)−1, and the detection threshold is 0.3 m/s. In addition, the vector test results verify it has vector-detecting capacity. This wake detector can serve AUVs wake detection and tracking technology, which will be promising in AUV positioning and coordinated formation.

Published in Remote Sensing

ISSN: 2072-4292 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Science
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/remotesensing/

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