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The research on underwater ship-hull cleaning robot was conducted on the purpose of realizing the automation of cleaning underwater ship hull so that service life of ship will be prolonged and ship speed will raised. Moreover, fuel consumption and the work intensity of divers will be reduced. In this paper, the current situation and the latest technology in China and abroad were analyzed; meanwhile, the typical characteristics of the underwater cleaning robot were introduced. According to the work principle of the underwater cleaning robot, the emphasis was put on the analysis and study of permanent-magnetic absorption, magnetic wheel, airproof and anticorrosion, underwater cleaning equipment and control system. The robot is easy in rotation and simple in control.
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Key Project funded by Department of Science & Technology of Heilongjiang Province (GB03A507).
YUAN Fu-cai was born in 1964. He received B. S degree in Mechanical design in 1987 and M. S. degree in Mechanical design and theory in 1999 respectively. From 1999 to this day he has been working in HEU. He is currently working toward Ph. D. degree in Control Theory and Engineering at HEU. His research interests are in robot, optimization design etc.
GUO Li-bin was born in 1956. He is a Professor in College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, China. His research interests include Machinery manufacturing and automation technology.
MENG Qing-xin was born in 1939. He is a Professor and supervisor for Ph. D students in College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, China. He is a member of Salvage Professional Committee of the National Society of Seafaring. He is the authors or co-authors of more than 50 papers in national and international journals, books and conference proceedings, including 6 books. His research interests include robot, marine intelligent machine equipment and system.
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Yuan, Fc., Guo, Lb., Meng, Qx. et al. The design of underwater hull-cleaning robot. J. Marine. Sci. Appl. 3, 41–45 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02918646
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02918646