Title :
Simulating olfactory scene analysis with a biomimetic robot
Author :
Mountain, D.C. ; Grasso, F.W. ; Consi, T.R. ; Atema, J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Biomed. Eng., Boston Univ., MA, USA
Abstract :
Insight into how the nervous system processes information in complex environments can be gained through the use of biomimetic robots. Results are presented for a lobster-inspired robot, Robolobster, that was designed to simulate olfactory-guided behavior
Keywords :
biomimetics; chemioception; medical robotics; mobile robots; neurophysiology; physiological models; Robolobster; biomimetic robot; complex environments; lobster-inspired robot; motor control algorithms; nervous system information processing; odour source location; olfactory neurobiology; olfactory scene analysis simulation; olfactory-guided behaviour; plume structure; Analytical models; Animals; Biological system modeling; Biomedical engineering; Biomimetics; Computational modeling; Image analysis; Nervous system; Olfactory; Robot sensing systems;
Conference_Titel :
Bioengineering Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the IEEE 25th Annual Northeast
Conference_Location :
West Hartford, CT
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5486-9
DOI :
10.1109/NEBC.1999.755757
