Research Article

Design and Control of an Embedded Vision Guided Robotic Fish with Multiple Control Surfaces

Table 1

The relations between swimming gaits and control surfaces.

Swimming gaitsControl surfacesControl parameters

BCF forwardBody + caudal fin , ( )
Hybrid forwardBody + caudal fin + PF , ( )
MPF forwardPF , ( )
MPF backwardPF , , ( )
BCF turningBody + caudal fin , , ( )
MPF turningPF and/or pelvic fin , , ( )
Hybrid turningAll involved , , ( )
Sideward swimmingPelvic fin , , ( )
Diving/surfacingPF or BCF + PF , , ( )
BrakingAll involved , , ( )