Abstract
The sex pheromone-searching behavior of insects is innate and highly reproducible. Therefore, pheromone-searching behavior has been an excellent model for understanding the odor-searching strategies of animals. Furthermore, pheromone-searching behavior has attracted the attention of engineers, aiming at developing autonomous odor-searching robots. In this chapter, we will first explain the fundamental strategy of pheromone-searching behavior used by insects, and then review recent advances in knowledge about the searching strategy of our model insect, the silkmoth (Bombyx mori), in terms of visual and olfactory integration. We next introduce our recent studies on a silkmoth-driven hybrid robot and show how silkmoths adaptively behave in challenging circumstances. Lastly, we discuss the future direction of biomimetic approaches to robotic odor searching.
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Ando, N., Pansopha Kono, P. (2020). Toward Robotic Applications of Insect Sex Pheromone-Searching Behavior: Lessons from the Silkmoth. In: Ishikawa, Y. (eds) Insect Sex Pheromone Research and Beyond. Entomology Monographs. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3082-1_14
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