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Sailing and Flying with a Multimodal Robot

Zufferey, Raphael
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Siddall, Robert
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Armanini, Sophie F.
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Zufferey, Raphael
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Siddall, Robert
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2022
Between Sea and Sky: Aerial Aquatic Locomotion in Miniature Robots

The field of aerial-aquatic robotics promises tremendous benefits in data collection as well as unmatched flexibility and remote access. However, the majority of existing aerial-aquatic robots are unable to perform scientific tasks at significant depth, limited by the weight penalty that any pressure resistant container would add. In addition, sealing of an actuated robot is difficult, again adding significant weight to small systems. Wireless communication is a major challenge for underwater robots and certainly poses great constraints to operation at distance. Lastly, underwater propulsion is often highly inefficient due to geometries optimised for flight [109]. Indeed, most aerial-aquatic vehicles either have severely limited water range and operation, stay in very shallow waters or function only in de-ionised water. Too often, the benefit of underwater locomotion is overshadowed by the weight, and complexity increases that are required for reliable operation. This negatively impacts flight performance.

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book part or chapter
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-89575-4_11
Scopus ID

2-s2.0-85122443892

Author(s)
Zufferey, Raphael

Imperial College London

Siddall, Robert

Imperial College London

Armanini, Sophie F.

Imperial College London

Kovac, Mirko  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Editors
Zufferey, Raphael
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Siddall, Robert
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Armanini, Sophie F.
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Kovac, Mirko  
Date Issued

2022

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH

Published in
Between Sea and Sky: Aerial Aquatic Locomotion in Miniature Robots
DOI of the book
10.1007/978-3-030-89575-4
ISBN of the book

978-3-030-89575-4

978-3-030-89577-8

978-3-030-89574-7

Total of pages

247

Start page

167

End page

195

Series title/Series vol.

Biosystems and Biorobotics; 29

ISSN (of the series)

2195-3570

2195-3562

Volume
29
Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

Written at

OTHER

EPFL units
LSR  
Available on Infoscience
February 7, 2025
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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/246651
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