Origami Boat Sensing Antenna
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Njogu, Peter; Jablonski, Paul; Shastri, Anshuman; Sanz-Izquierdo, Benito
- Source
- 2021 15th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP) Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2021 15th European Conference on. :1-5 Mar, 2021
- Subject
- Aerospace
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Photonics and Electrooptics
Signal Processing and Analysis
Microwave antennas
Antenna measurements
Wireless communication
Boats
Robot sensing systems
Reflection coefficient
Frequency control
Antenna
sensing
CPW
- Language
A monopole antenna for controlling an unmanned surface vehicle (USV), an origami boat, with a built-in sensing function for surface detection is proposed. The design is proof-of-concept for detecting the surface on which the USV sits. The USV model is a Mylar sheet, folded into an origami boat with the antenna on its mast. A quadrilateral structure with piece cut-off from its longest side extends from the monopole antenna’s ground plane. This structure provides the surface detection function. The antenna design targets commercial drones’ wireless communication and control frequency bands (2.4 GHz and 5.2 GHz). The design viability was assessed using reflection coefficient and radiation pattern performance parameters. A good agreement was observed between the simulated and measured parameters. This work investigates an antenna sensor solution for future amphibious origami robots with integrated smart sensors. The antenna design and studies were simulated using CST Microwave Studio™.