A Bio-Inspired MEMS Wake Detector for AUV Tracking and Coordinated Formation

Qiao, Qingyu; Kong, Xiangzheng; Wu, Shufeng; Liu, Guochang; Zhang, Guojun; Yang, Hua; Zhang, Wendong; Yang, Yuhua; Jia, Licheng; He, Changde; Cui, Jiangong; Wang, Renxin

doi:10.3390/rs15112949

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A Bio-Inspired MEMS Wake Detector for AUV Tracking and Coordinated Formation

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Qingyu Qiao

¹,

Xiangzheng Kong

¹,

Shufeng Wu

¹,

Guochang Liu

¹

,

Guojun Zhang

¹,

Hua Yang

²,

Wendong Zhang

¹

,

Yuhua Yang

¹,

Licheng Jia

¹,

Changde He

¹

,

Jiangong Cui

¹

and

Renxin Wang

^1,*

¹

State Key Laboratory of Dynamic Testing Technology, North University of China, Taiyuan 030051, China

²

Department of Electronic Engineering, College of Information Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266000, China

^*

Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.

Remote Sens. 2023, 15(11), 2949; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15112949

Submission received: 10 April 2023 / Revised: 25 May 2023 / Accepted: 4 June 2023 / Published: 5 June 2023

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances on Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV))

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AUV (Autonomous Underwater Vehicle) coordinated formation can expand the detection range, improve detection efficiency, and complete complex tasks, which requires each AUV to have the ability to track and locate. A wake detector provides a new technical approach for AUV cooperative formation warfare. Now, most of the existing artificial lateral line detectors are for one-dimensional flow field applications, which are difficult to use for wake detection of AUVs. Therefore, based on the pressure gradient sensing mechanism of the canal neuromasts, we apply Micro-Electro-Mechanical System (MEMS) technology to develop a lateral line-inspired MEMS wake detector. The sensing mechanism, design, and fabrication are demonstrated in detail. Experimental results show the detector’s sensitivity is 147 mV·(m/s)⁻¹, and the detection threshold is 0.3 m/s. In addition, the vector test results verify it has vector-detecting capacity. This wake detector can serve AUVs wake detection and tracking technology, which will be promising in AUV positioning and coordinated formation.

Keywords: bio-inspired; MEMS; wake detector; vector detection; AUV positioning

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Qiao, Q.; Kong, X.; Wu, S.; Liu, G.; Zhang, G.; Yang, H.; Zhang, W.; Yang, Y.; Jia, L.; He, C.; et al. A Bio-Inspired MEMS Wake Detector for AUV Tracking and Coordinated Formation. Remote Sens. 2023, 15, 2949. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15112949

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Qiao Q, Kong X, Wu S, Liu G, Zhang G, Yang H, Zhang W, Yang Y, Jia L, He C, et al. A Bio-Inspired MEMS Wake Detector for AUV Tracking and Coordinated Formation. Remote Sensing. 2023; 15(11):2949. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15112949

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Qiao, Qingyu, Xiangzheng Kong, Shufeng Wu, Guochang Liu, Guojun Zhang, Hua Yang, Wendong Zhang, Yuhua Yang, Licheng Jia, Changde He, and et al. 2023. "A Bio-Inspired MEMS Wake Detector for AUV Tracking and Coordinated Formation" Remote Sensing 15, no. 11: 2949. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15112949

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Qiao, Q., Kong, X., Wu, S., Liu, G., Zhang, G., Yang, H., Zhang, W., Yang, Y., Jia, L., He, C., Cui, J., & Wang, R. (2023). A Bio-Inspired MEMS Wake Detector for AUV Tracking and Coordinated Formation. Remote Sensing, 15(11), 2949. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15112949

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