Survey on the Development of Aerial–Aquatic Hybrid Vehicles

Author:

Tan Yu Herng1,Chen Ben M.12

Affiliation:

1. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, E4A-03-04, 3 Engineering Drive 3, Singapore 117582, Singapore

2. Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong

Abstract

As the development of mobile robots matures, there is an increasing amount of interest in expanding the functionality of such robots through developing multimodal locomotion. As compared to land–water or land–air hybrids, the design of air–water vehicles is much less straightforward due to the fact that both mediums are three-dimensional fluid spaces and there is inherent disparity in fluid properties between them. As such, the development of these vehicles has received limited attention until very recently. Nevertheless, the potential applications of such vehicles range widely from military surveillance, oceanic data collection to heterogeneous robot team operation, which has led to an increasing number of projects working on aerial–aquatic hybrid mobility. In this paper, we discuss the fundamental challenges associated with aerial–aquatic hybrid locomotion as well as the necessary trade-offs in design decisions. We also summarize and review the existing work and prototypes of aerial–aquatic vehicles that have been designed thus far, analyzing the range of solutions that have been adopted to solve the aforementioned challenges. Lastly, the limitations of these solutions are analyzed to offer a perspective on how future developments in the area can enable greater functionality for the concept.

Funder

National Natural Science Foundation of China

Publisher

World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt

Subject

Control and Optimization,Aerospace Engineering,Automotive Engineering,Control and Systems Engineering

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