Gas distribution mapping of multiple odour sources using a mobile robot

Robotica

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 311-319

  Loutfi, Amy ^a   Coradeschi, Silvia ^a   Lilienthal, Achim J ^a   Gonzalez, Javier ^b  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Electronic nose; Gas mapping; Mobile olfaction; Mobile robots; Teleoperation

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION AREA; ELECTRONIC NOSE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS DISTRIBUTION; GAS SENSORS; LASER RANGE SCANNERS; MOBILE OLFACTION; MULTI-LEVEL; OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENT; SPATIAL INFORMATIONS; TELEOPERATION; TRANSIENT INFORMATION;

ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; MAPPING; MOBILE ROBOTS; REMOTE CONTROL; SENSORS;

GASES;

EID: 66349102615     PISSN: 02635747     EISSN: 14698668     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0263574708004694     Document Type: Article

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