Title :
A New Approach to Biomimetic Robots for Odor Source Localization
Author :
Liang, Liang ; Li, Jianping ; Jia, Jian ; Gao, Xiaoguang
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Electron., Chinese Acad. of Sci., Beijing
Abstract :
Tracking odor to its source is the survival instinct of many animals gained in evolution, and that capability can be transferred to robotics. This paper describes a new and practical investigation of biomimetic robots for odor source localization. An embedded mobile robot platform was developed to process multi-tasks. A new odor sensing unit with a special data fusion algorithm was designed to enable fast and realtime sensing. Inspired by animals´ behaviour and based on odor predictions, a novel algorithm was designed to locate an odor source. Results of indoor experiments show that the robot can find a static odor source and follow a moving odor source.
Keywords :
biomimetics; electronic noses; mobile robots; sensor fusion; biomimetic robots; data fusion algorithm; embedded mobile robot platform; odor sensing unit; odor source localization; Algorithm design and analysis; Animals; Biomimetics; Gas detectors; Hidden Markov models; Humans; Mobile robots; Predictive models; Robot sensing systems; Service robots; Biomimetic Robot; Embedded System; Odor Source Localization; Sensor Data Fusion;
Conference_Titel :
Robotics and Biomimetics, 2006. ROBIO '06. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kunming
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0570-X
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0571-8
DOI :
10.1109/ROBIO.2006.340323
