Evolution of the Hybrid Aerial Underwater Robotic System (HAUCS) for Aquaculture: Sensor Payload and Extension Development

Abstract

While robotics have been widely used in many agricultural practices such as harvesting, seeding, cattle monitoring, etc., aquaculture farming is an important, fast-growing sector of agriculture that has not seen significant adoption of advanced technologies such as robotics and the Internet of Things (IoT). In particular, dissolved oxygen (DO) monitoring, a practice in pond aquaculture essential to the health of the fish crops, remains labor-intensive and time-consuming. The Hybrid Aerial Underwater robotiCs System (HAUCS) is an IoT framework that aims to bring transformative changes to pond aquaculture. This paper focuses on the latest development in the HAUCS mobile sensing platform and field deployment. To address some shortcomings with the current implementation, the development of a novel rigid Kirigami-based robotic extension subsystem that can expand the functionality of the HAUCS platform is also being discussed.

Waterproof UAVs for sensing in coastal zones and estuaries

“…Our concept is represented in the Hybrid Aerial Underwater robotiC System (HAUCS) project [14,15,16].…”

“…In our initial implementation, the focus is to develop a payload that is capable of in-situ sampling. In this design the payload was completely independent from the sensing platform [15]. The payload consists of two sections: a sensor head that contains a DO probe and temperature/pressure sensor connected to a Bluetooth capable microcontroller.…”

Water Quality Monitoring and Control System for Fish Farmers Based on Internet of Things

“…As supplementary indicators, parameters utilized in water quality assessment may incorporate Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) or dissolved solids in water [9]. The assessment of pond water quality through dissolved oxygen monitoring [10,11] is essential due to the fact that water is the habitat of fish and must therefore be measured. Nevertheless, dissolved oxygen measurement tools and sensors remain relatively costly, rendering their implementation less practical.…”

Development and Field Testing of a Wireless Data Relay System for Amphibious Drones

“…Typical amphibious multirotor drones are classified as amphibious unmanned aerial vehicles [1], whereas other unmanned vehicles dedicated to aquatic environments are also conventionally designated as drones. For water quality monitoring, some specialized systems using amphibious drones have already been proposed [2][3][4][5][6][7][8].…”