Robots are generally equipped with at least several different modalities of sensors. Vision
and range sensors are the most popular, especially in mobile robots. On the other hand …

Robotic odor localization has become a prominent research area in recent years. It promises
many valuable practical applications, and contributes to the knowledge of biological odor …

Odor attraction in walking Drosophila melanogaster is commonly used to relate neural
function to behavior, but the algorithms underlying attraction are unclear. Here, we develop …

This article presents the development and validation of an autonomous, gas sensitive
microdrone that is capable of estimating the wind vector in real time using only the onboard …

Airborne chemical sensing with mobile robots has been an active research area since the
beginning of the 1990s. This article presents a review of research work in this field, including …

Gas distribution modelling constitutes an ideal application area for mobile robots, which-as
intelligent mobile gas sensors-offer several advantages compared to stationary sensor …

Roboticists often take inspiration from animals for designing sensors, actuators, or
algorithms that control the behavior of robots. Bio-inspiration is motivated with the uncanny …

Abstract Distributed Adaptive Control (DAC) is a theory of the design principles underlying
the Mind, Brain, Body Nexus (MBBN) that has been developed over the last 20 years. DAC …

In the attempt to build adaptive and intelligent machines, roboticists have looked at
neuroscience for more than half a century as a source of inspiration for perception and …

This work describes the design and experimental results of an algorithm, designed to
localize a gas source in an indoor environment with no strong airflow by using an …