Understanding atmospheric transport and dispersal events has an important role in a range
of scenarios. Of particular importance is aiding in emergency response after an intentional or …

The research progress of swarm robotics is reviewed in details. The swarm robotics inspired
from nature is a combination of swarm intelligence and robotics, which shows a great …

When applied in some harsh environments (eg in poisonous atmosphere or underwater),
odor source localization robots are able to perform better than animals without being hurt …

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 …

Chemotactic bacteria rely on local concentration gradients to guide them towards the source
of a nutrient. Such local cues pointing towards the location of the source are not always …

Autonomous vehicles are becoming an essential tool in a wide range of environmental
applications that include ambient data acquisition, remote sensing, and mapping of the …

Gas source localization (GSL) with mobile robots is a challenging task due to the
unpredictable nature of gas dispersion, the limitations of the currents sensing technologies …

Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) are unmanned marine robots that have been used
for a broad range of oceanographic missions. They are programmed to perform at various …

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 …