A biomimetic robot for tracking specific odors in turbulent plumes

Autonomous Robots

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 185-195

  Martinez, Dominique ^a   Rochel, Oliver ^a,b   Hugues, Etienne ^a,c  

^a LORIA   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Odor discrimination; Odor localization; Olfaction; Olfactory robot; Spiking neurons

Indexed keywords

ODOR DISCRIMINATION; ODOR LOCALIZATION; OLFACTION; OLFACTORY ROBOT; SPIKING NEURONS;

ENCODING (SYMBOLS); INFORMATION ANALYSIS; MOTION ESTIMATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION SYSTEMS; SYNCHRONIZATION; TRACKING (POSITION);

ROBOTICS;

EID: 33745322661     PISSN: 09295593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10514-006-7157-1     Document Type: Review

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