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The
Robots
Underwater
Helicopter Robot
This is a new one and will be challenging to control.
It's sitting on a stand here. It has 4 servos which drive
a pair of fins. Each fin can vary its angle of attack
and can reciprocatingly sweep through an angle up to +/-
90 degrees. By suitable control of the 4 servos it should
be possible to produce 5 degrees of freedom (from 4 servos!).
You can do interesting real life simulations of this robot
yourself in a swimming pool. Simply take a deep breath
lift your legs off the bottom of the pool and put your
arms out straight sideways. Then see what degree of control
you can get by sweeping your arms back and forth and at
the same time playing with the angle of attack of your
hands. This robot is interesting in posing interesting
problems in the static control of a submersible. Future
work will concern itself with fitting a tail with rudder
and elevators so it can "fly". This robot is
a different way to investigate insect flight without the
power-to-weight problems of building an airborne robot.
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