The invention belongs to the technical field of
underwater wireless optical communication (UWOC) and
underwater robot control, and aims at solving the problems that an existing
underwater optical communication system is high in alignment dependence and poor in
communication link stability in a high-dynamic environment. The invention discloses a
wireless optical communication module suitable for an
underwater robot and an autonomous hovering control method for the
underwater robot. The communication module can be integrated in an
underwater robot frame and sealed cabins (1-1 and 1-13), and the hardware design of the communication module comprises a high-precision and low-
distortion visible
light modulation transmitting circuit (Figure 5), the circuit is powered by 3A
constant current with low power
ripple (Figure 4) and is combined with current feedback to ensure that the
light intensity of a transmitting end LED (3-4) is controllable and the modulated
signal is low in
distortion; and the core of the visible light receiving circuit is that a trans-impedance
amplifier (6-5) of the receiving circuit adopts an independent power supply to filter and supply power (figure 7), so that
electromagnetic interference generated by digital equipment in a cabin is isolated, and the
signal-to-
noise ratio and the receiving reliability of analog signals are greatly improved. According to the autonomous hovering control method provided by the invention, a dual feedback mechanism is constructed by fusing an external accurate relative distance D (provided by stereoscopic vision guidance of a
base station) and an internal real-time
communication bandwidth B (measured in real time by tools such as Iperf and the like). According to the method, the problem that excessive correction or drifting is easily generated under underwater
turbidity and
water flow disturbance by only depending on navigation data or instantaneous visual data is solved. When the
communication bandwidth B is reduced, the
system firstly uses the distance D to carry out rapid correction; and when the connection is completely interrupted, entering a text {PROBING} exploration mode. According to the method, intelligent sensing and high-robustness autonomous position keeping of the underwater
robot on a
communication link are realized, and an efficient and high-bandwidth stable optical
communication link can be continuously maintained in a complex underwater environment.