Dong Xu;Heyang Feng;Fan Qiao;Kaiyang Lu;Xiaoguang Hu;Yupeng Liu
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Abstract
Robotic fish exhibit considerable potential for a wide range of applications. However, the limitation of battery size highlights the need to improve swimming efficiency. This article develops a deep deterministic policy gradient (DDPG)-based control method that makes the stiffness of robotic fish can be adjusted dynamically. First, the mathematical model of the two-joint robotic fish is established. Then, the conventional proportional–integral–derivative control system and the DDPG-based control system are developed. In the end, the feasibility of the DDPG-based approach was validated through simulation and experiments. The results indicate that the control method improved the system efficiency by approximately 9.77%, suggesting that the proposed method holds promise as a high-efficiency propulsion control approach for robotic fish.
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