Measuring the local viscosity and velocity of fluids using a biomimetic tactile whisker

Pipe, Tony; Rooney, Tom; Pearson, Martin J.; Pipe, A G

Abstract

© Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015. A novel technique for determining the relative visco-density of fluids using an actuated flexible beam inspired by the tactile whiskers of marine mammals is presented. This was developed for the in-situ calibration of a tactile whisker based system for measuring flow velocity around autonomous robots working in complex underwater environments.

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (published)
• Acceptance Date: Jul 24, 2015
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2015
• Journal: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
• Print ISSN: 0302-9743
• Publisher: Springer Verlag
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 9222
• Pages: 75-85
• Book Title: Biometric and Biohybrid Systems
• ISBN: 9783319229782
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22979-9_7
• Keywords: whiskers, viscosity, re-afferent, flow, sensing
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/831013
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22979-9_7