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Exploration of Objects by an Underwater Robot with Electric Sense

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In this article, we propose a solution to the underwater exploration of objects using a new sensor inspired from the electric fish. The solution is free of any model and is just based on the combination of elementary behaviors, each of these behaviors being achieved through direct feedback of the electric measurements. The solution is robust, cheap and easy to implement. After, stating and interpreting it, the article ends with a few experimental results consisting in exploring small and large unknown objects.

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  • Electric Organ Discharge
  • Axial Current
  • Sequential Graph
  • Underwater Robot
  • Electric Sense

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Boyer, F., Lebastard, V. (2012). Exploration of Objects by an Underwater Robot with Electric Sense. In: Prescott, T.J., Lepora, N.F., Mura, A., Verschure, P.F.M.J. (eds) Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems. Living Machines 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 7375. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-31525-1_5

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