Autonomous robotic fish as mobile sensor platforms: Challenges and potential solutions

Marine Technology Society Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 31-40

  Tan, Xiaobo ^a  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive sampling; Aquatic sensor networks; Mobile sensing platforms; Robotic fish; Water quality monitoring

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE SAMPLING; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; AUTONOMOUS ROBOTICS; CO-OPERATIVE CONTROL; COMMUNICATION CAPABILITIES; COMMUNICATION CONSTRAINTS; ENGINEERING TOOLS; FISH SWIMMING; HUMAN INTERFERENCE; MOBILE SENSING; MOBILE SENSOR NETWORKS; MOBILE SENSOR PLATFORM; POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS; RESEARCH DIRECTIONS; RESOURCE-CONSTRAINED; ROBOTIC FISHES; SENSING MATERIAL; SUSTAINED OPERATIONS; UNDERWATER ROBOTS; WATER QUALITY MONITORING;

COMMUNICATION; COOPERATIVE COMMUNICATION; ROBOTICS; SENSOR NETWORKS; WATER QUALITY;

FISH;

COMMUNICATION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; MONITORING; PRECISION; ROBOTICS; SAMPLING; SENSOR; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84860524062     PISSN: 00253324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4031/MTSJ.45.4.2     Document Type: Article

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