Structural Design and Simulation of a Bionic Sea Turtle Robot

This article introduces the challenges in maintaining ocean photovoltaic platforms and proposes a solution: using a bionic robot with the shape of a sea turtle to address the issue of ocean current fluctuations during the maintenance of ocean photovoltaic platforms. This method, through bionic design and optimization of structural parameters, achieves a more stable and energy-efficient movement of the robot in the marine environment, thereby improving the operational efficiency of ocean photovoltaic platforms and reducing energy consumption. The article also presents the kinematic and dynamic models of the robot, and conducts fluid simulation experiments and thrust simulation experiments. The innovation of this article lies in the application of bionic design to marine engineering. Through simulated comparisons of different flipper-shaped structures and thrust experiments, optimal structural model parameters are obtained. The experimental results validate the stability and effectiveness of the robot's movement, providing broad prospects for its application in areas such as marine platform maintenance and underwater pipeline inspection.