Synthesis of the pheromone-oriented behaviour of silkworm moths by a mobile robot with moth antennae as pheromone sensors

Biosensors and Bioelectronics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 195-202

  Kuwana, Yoshihiko ^a   Nagasawa, Sumito ^b   Shimoyama, Isao ^b   Kanzaki, Ryohei ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antennae; EAG; Pheromone sensor; Pheromone guided mobile robot; Pheromone oriented behavior; Silkworm moth

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SENSORS; HORMONES; MOBILE ROBOTS;

PHEROMONE;

BIOSENSORS;

PHEROMONE;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; HORMONE DETERMINATION; MOTH; NONHUMAN; ROBOTICS; SENSOR; SILKWORM;

EID: 0033084016     PISSN: 09565663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0956-5663(98)00106-7     Document Type: Article

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