An approach to remote update driver system of a robotic fish with two long fins

The robotic fish with two long fins is one kind of underwater robot system imitating stingray´s motion. The robotic fish generates thrust by use of two long fins located on both sides of body symmetrically. A driver control system for the motion control of fin rays is designed based on FPGA(Field Programmable Gate Array). Several kinds of motion modes can be achieved through tuning motion parameters. In order to facilitate updating control algorithm, reducing the probability of damaging the robot system and improving debugging efficiency, a solution for remote updating the driver program of the robotic fish wirelessly is proposed in this paper based on the dedicated remote system update circuitry integrated in ALTERA FPGA. In addition, a remote update system is designed in this paper. The designed control program updating system facilitates the debugging and optimization of multi-fin coordination control algorithm for the robotic fish with two long fins greatly.