P2.9.22 Odor plume tracking using a mobile robot withpseudochemotaxis

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Takei ◽  
N. Masuta ◽  
H. Nanto
2008 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 307-317 ◽  
Author(s):  
D.J. Harvey ◽  
Tien-Fu Lu ◽  
M.A. Keller

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicola Rigolli ◽  
Gautam Reddy ◽  
Agnese Seminara ◽  
Massimo Vergassola

Foraging mammals exhibit a familiar yet poorly characterized phenomenon, "alternation", a momentary pause to sniff in the air often preceded by the animal rearing on its hind legs or raising its head. Intriguingly, rodents executing an olfactory search task spontaneously exhibit alternation in the presence of airflow, suggesting that alternation may serve an important role during turbulent plume-tracking. To test this hypothesis, we combine fully-resolved numerical simulations of turbulent odor transport and Bellman optimization methods for decision-making under partial observability. We show that an agent trained to minimize search time in a realistic odor plume exhibits extensive alternation together with the characteristic cast-and-surge behavior commonly observed in flying insects. Alternation is tightly linked with casting and occurs more frequently when the agent is far downwind of the source, where the likelihood of detecting airborne cues is higher relative to cues close to the ground. Casting and alternation emerge as complementary tools for effective exploration when cues are sparse. We develop a model based on marginal value theory to capture the interplay between casting, surging and alternation. More generally, we show how multiple sensorimotor modalities can be fruitfully integrated during complex goal-directed behavior.


2016 ◽  
Vol 136 (5) ◽  
pp. 208-212
Author(s):  
Shinji Tanaka ◽  
Yoshinori Takei ◽  
Kazuki Hirasawa ◽  
Hidehito Nanto

Author(s):  
Shinji Tanaka ◽  
Yoshinori Takei ◽  
Kazuki Hirasawa ◽  
Hidehito Nanto

Author(s):  
B. Lorena Villarreal ◽  
Gustavo Olague ◽  
J. L. Gordillo

2011 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 1041-1045 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ji-Gong Li ◽  
Jing Yang ◽  
Shi-Gang Cui ◽  
Li-Hui Geng
Keyword(s):  

2011 ◽  
Vol 214 (24) ◽  
pp. 4121-4132 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. A. Willis ◽  
J. L. Avondet ◽  
E. Zheng

2005 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 537-545 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Ishida ◽  
G. Nakayama ◽  
T. Nakamoto ◽  
T. Moriizumi

2001 ◽  
Vol 201 (2) ◽  
pp. 274-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Corinne Kozlowski ◽  
Kara Yopak ◽  
Rainer Voigt ◽  
Jelle Atema

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