Optimal spatial formation of swarm robotic gas sensors in odor plume finding

Autonomous Robots

Volumn 35, Issue 2-3, 2013, Pages 93-109

  Marjovi, Ali ^a   Marques, Lino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Gas sensor coverage; Odor plume finding; Olfactory search; Swarm robotics formation

Indexed keywords

OLFACTORY SEARCH; PLUME DETECTION; PLUME FINDING; REALISTIC ENVIRONMENTS; SENSOR COVERAGE; SPATIAL CONFIGURATION; SWARM OF ROBOTS; SWARM ROBOTICS;

GAS DETECTORS; OPTIMIZATION; ROBOTICS;

CHEMICAL SENSORS;

EID: 84880307620     PISSN: 09295593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10514-013-9336-1     Document Type: Article

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