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Application of odor sensors in mobile robotics

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Autonomous Robotic Systems

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Abstract

Animals that have a rather small number of neurons, like insects, display a diversity of instinctive behaviours strictly correlated with particular sensory information. The diversity of behaviors observed in insects has been shaped by millions of years of biological evolution, so that their strategies must be efficient and adaptive to circumstances which change every moment. Many insects use olfaction as a navigation aid for some vital tasks as searching for sources of food, a sexual partner or a good place for oviposition.

This paper discusses the utilisation of olfactive information as a navigational aid in mobile robots. The main technologies used for chemical sensing and their current utilisation on robotics is presented. The article concludes giving clues for potential utilisation of electronic noses associated to mobile robots.

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    Lino Marques & Aníbal T. de Almeida

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Marques, L., de Almeida, A.T. (1998). Application of odor sensors in mobile robotics. In: de Almeida, A.T., Khatib, O. (eds) Autonomous Robotic Systems. Lecture Notes in Control and Information Sciences, vol 236. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0030800

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