With the objective of finding alternatives to propellers for underwater propulsion, the robotics team at Caltech is testing different synthetic jet actuators. We studied a jellyfish-like actuator using mechanical arms and the addition of an elastic skin in the future.
The robotic arms are powered with a servo motor through a ball screw. A program was developed to control the motion of the arms. The idea is to develop the mechanism into an autonomous underwater vehicle that can be used for marine research.
The robotic arms are powered with a servo motor through a ball screw. A program was developed to control the motion of the arms. The idea is to develop the mechanism into an autonomous underwater vehicle that can be used for marine research.
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