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JRM Vol.25 No.5 pp. 812-819
doi: 10.20965/jrm.2013.p0812
(2013)

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Experimental Verification of Lifting Force of Underwater Robot with Thrusters Using Passive Posture Maintenance

Fumiaki Takemura*1, Shota Futenma*2, Kuniaki Kawabata*3,
and Shinichi Sagara*4

*1Department of Mechanical System Engineering, Okinawa National College of Technology, 905 Henoko, Nago-shi, Okinawa 905-2192, Japan

*2Advanced Course, Okinawa National College of Technology, 905 Henoko, Nago-shi, Okinawa 905-2192, Japan

*3RIKEN (The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research), 2-1 Hirosawa, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan

*4Kyushu Institute of Technology, 1-1 Sensui-cho, Tobata-ku, Kitakyushu-shi, Fukuoka 804-8550, Japan

Received:
March 6, 2013
Accepted:
July 8, 2013
Published:
October 20, 2013
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Keywords:
thrusters with passive posture maintenance mechanism, underwater robot, free joint, lifting force, conventional fixed thruster
Abstract
An underwater robot is developed that can be used for environmental protection work in the sea near Okinawa (e.g., removing crown-of-thorns starfish). When a submerged object is raised with the aid of an underwater robot, the conventional method of using fixed thrusters presents difficulties in raising the object straight upward because of the change in the robot’s attitude. Therefore, we propose “thrusters that employ a passive posture maintenance mechanism.” By using this mechanism, the vertical thrusters are able to maintain an upward posture, and the underwater robot is able to raise a submerged object straight upward relatively easily. Moreover, the attitude stability of an underwater robot and the work efficiency of its thrusters are important in water. Hence, we examine the attitude stability and the efficiency of the lifting force of an underwater robot using our proposed passive fixed mechanism for thrusters. We describe the design and fabrication of the proposedmechanismand experimentally verify the effectiveness of our proposed mechanism.
Cite this article as:
F. Takemura, S. Futenma, K. Kawabata, and S. Sagara, “Experimental Verification of Lifting Force of Underwater Robot with Thrusters Using Passive Posture Maintenance,” J. Robot. Mechatron., Vol.25 No.5, pp. 812-819, 2013.
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