Divebot: A diving robot with a whale-like buoyancy mechanism

Robotica

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 385-398

  McFarland, David ^a   Gilhespy, Ian ^a   Honary, Ehsan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Control model; DIVEBOT; Diving robot; Ocean

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; HEATING; THERMAL EFFECTS; UNDERWATER EQUIPMENT;

WHALE-LIKE BUOYANCY MECHANISM;

ROBOTS;

EID: 0042281843     PISSN: 02635747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S026357470300496X     Document Type: Article

References (4)

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4. D. McFarland and E. Honary, "Flock Distortion: A new approach in mapping environmental variables in deep water," Robotica (in this special issue).