Biomimetic robot lobster performs chemo-orientation in turbulence using a pair of spatially separated sensors: Progress and challenges

Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 115-131

  Grasso, Frank W ^a   Consi, Thomas R ^b   Mountain, David C ^c   Atema, Jelle ^c  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY MARINE PROGRAM   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^c Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; MOTION PLANNING; RESPONSE TIME (COMPUTER SYSTEMS); SENSORS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; TURBULENT FLOW;

BIOMIMETIC ROBOT LOBSTER; CHEMO-ORIENTATION; TURBULENCE PLUMES;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 0033895460     PISSN: 09218890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8890(99)00068-8     Document Type: Article

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