Controlling a gas/odor plume-tracking robot based on transient responses of gas sensors

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 537-545

  Ishida, Hiroshi ^a   Nakayama, Gouki ^a   Nakamoto, Takamichi ^a   Moriizumi, Toyosaka ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Airflow sensor; Gas sensor; Plume tracking; Robot

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CHEMICAL SENSORS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; NAVIGATION; ODORS; PULSE MODULATION; QUARTZ; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SENSORS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TRACKING (POSITION);

AIRFLOW SENSOR; HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS; PLUME TRACKING; POLLUTANT SOURCES; TRANSIENT RESPONSES;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 19944418565     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2004.839597     Document Type: Article

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