Some research on aircraft is largely inspired by birds.Among them,aerial-aquatic amphibians with trans-media locomotion capabilities have greatly promoted the development of aquatic unmanned aerial vehicles(Aqua UAV)....Some research on aircraft is largely inspired by birds.Among them,aerial-aquatic amphibians with trans-media locomotion capabilities have greatly promoted the development of aquatic unmanned aerial vehicles(Aqua UAV).In this article,the studies of Aqua UAV are sorted out by their biological counterpart and summarized in chronological order from 2005 to 2021.To further understand the key technologies of Aqua UAV,we focus on the structural compatibility design of wing and aerial-aquatic propulsion methods by analyzing their advantages and disadvantages.In addition,the analysis methods of kinematics and dynamics performance of Aqua UAV for simulation and experiment are involved in the process of studying the kinematics,lift/drag,and propulsion of prototypes.Finally,we present several challenges and propose some potential solutions to improve the ability of Aqua UAV in the future.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.62103035)Beijing Natural Science Foundation(Grant No.3222016)+2 种基金China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(Grant No.2021M690337)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(Grant No.2020JBM265)the Beijing Laboratory for Urban Mass Transit(Grant No.353203535)。
文摘Some research on aircraft is largely inspired by birds.Among them,aerial-aquatic amphibians with trans-media locomotion capabilities have greatly promoted the development of aquatic unmanned aerial vehicles(Aqua UAV).In this article,the studies of Aqua UAV are sorted out by their biological counterpart and summarized in chronological order from 2005 to 2021.To further understand the key technologies of Aqua UAV,we focus on the structural compatibility design of wing and aerial-aquatic propulsion methods by analyzing their advantages and disadvantages.In addition,the analysis methods of kinematics and dynamics performance of Aqua UAV for simulation and experiment are involved in the process of studying the kinematics,lift/drag,and propulsion of prototypes.Finally,we present several challenges and propose some potential solutions to improve the ability of Aqua UAV in the future.
