Recent advances in miniaturization of chemical instrumentation and in low-cost small
drones are catalyzing exponential growth in the use of such platforms for environmental …

Robots that can move autonomously and can make intelligent decisions by perceiving their
environments and surrounding objects are known as autonomous mobile robots. Such …

Within the last couple of decades, there has been increasing research into the use of mobile
robots for gas sensing applications. This has led to many different branches of research …

Accurate and prompt localization of hazardous release sources ensures a timely emergency
response to potential damages. Robot odor source localization is the study of locating the …

The human olfactory system remains one of the most challenging biological systems to
replicate. Humans use it without thinking, where it can measure offer protection from harm …

Electronic noses, or e-noses, refer to systems powered by chemical gas sensors, signal
processing, and machine learning algorithms for realizing artificial olfaction. They play a …

Multi-agent systems and multi-robot systems have been recognized as unique solutions to
complex dynamic tasks distributed in space. Their effectiveness in accomplishing these …

Indoor environmental quality (IEQ) monitoring is an important basis of smart buildings to
ensure human comfort and control energy systems. IEQ monitoring conventionally relies on …

This paper studies the trajectory tracking control for the nonholonomic wheeled mobile robot
(WMR) based on model predictive control (MPC). Concerning overcome stable problem …

Autonomous mobile robots have been gradually employed to search unknown sources in
indoor environments. However, current studies have not fully addressed the source …