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Design and Control of a 6-DOF Fully Actuated Aerial-Aquatic Robot with Thrust Vectoring

  • Bocheng Tian
  • , Yuchen Liu
  • , Xiangyu Ren
  • , Donghe Chen
  • , Zonghao Zuo
  • , Li Wen*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Single-medium, multi-degree-of-freedom robots often face limitations in aerial-aquatic tasks due to structural and weight constraints, which compromise their mobility in both air and water. To address this, we introduce a 6-degree-of-freedom fully actuated aerial-aquatic robot that employs thrust vectoring for enhanced performance. This innovative design incorporates four servos and four motors to facilitate coordinated operation. In air mode, the robot achieves decoupled control of attitude and position through servo angle feedforward compensation combined with dual-loop control. In underwater mode, it ensures high maneuverability by utilizing a dynamic model similar to a "weightless"state, employing single-loop control. Experimental results demonstrate that the robot can perform fully actuated movements in both air and water, successfully navigate the air-water boundary, and deploy sensors on inclined surfaces. These capabilities highlight the robot's significant future application prospects.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIROS 2025 - 2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, Conference Proceedings
EditorsChristian Laugier, Alessandro Renzaglia, Nikolay Atanasov, Stan Birchfield, Grzegorz Cielniak, Leonardo De Mattos, Laura Fiorini, Philippe Giguere, Kenji Hashimoto, Javier Ibanez-Guzman, Tetsushi Kamegawa, Jinoh Lee, Giuseppe Loianno, Kevin Luck, Hisataka Maruyama, Philippe Martinet, Hadi Moradi, Urbano Nunes, Julien Pettre, Alberto Pretto, Tommaso Ranzani, Arne Ronnau, Silvia Rossi, Elliott Rouse, Fabio Ruggiero, Olivier Simonin, Danwei Wang, Ming Yang, Eiichi Yoshida, Huijing Zhao
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages9099-9106
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9798331543938
DOIs
StatePublished - 2025
Event2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2025 - Hangzhou, China
Duration: 19 Oct 202525 Oct 2025

Publication series

NameIEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems
ISSN (Print)2153-0858
ISSN (Electronic)2153-0866

Conference

Conference2025 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2025
Country/TerritoryChina
CityHangzhou
Period19/10/2525/10/25

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