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Characterizing Wildlife Response to Biomimetic and Conventional Underwater Vehicles

arXiv · AI, language, vision and robotics · article · Sep 18, 2026 · UTC

Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) are a promising alternative to divers for scalable collection of natural ocean ecology data. However, these robots may disturb local fauna and cause drastic behavioral differences compared to other monitoring techniques, decreasing their value as scientific tools. A promising prospect is to make AUVs that are more biomimetic, with the hope that taking on the form and behavior of a non-predatory animal may reduce adverse responses. We present the first dataset comparing fish disturbance in response to a conventional thruster-driven AUV, a sea turtle inspire

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