Moth-Inspired Chemical Plume Tracing

 

Papers:

1.           X. D. Kang and Wei Li: "Moth-Inspired Plume Tracing via Multiple Autonomous Vehicles under Formation Control," Adaptive Behavior, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 131–142, 2012. (.pdf format)

2.           X. D. Kang, Wei Li, H. L Xu, X. S Feng, Y. P. Li:Validation of an Odor Source Identification Algorithm via an Underwater Vehicle,” Proceedings of 2012 Second International Conference on Intelligent System Design and Engineering Application, pp. 740-743, 2012. (.pdf format)

3.           Wei Li: "Identifying an odour source in fluid-advected environments, algorithms abstracted from moth-inspired plume tracing strategies," Applied Bionics and Biomechanics, vol. 7, no. 1, March 3-17, 2010. (.pdf format)

4.           J. E. Sutton, and Wei Li: "Development of CPT_M3D for Multiple Chemical Plume Tracing and Source Identification," Proceedings of 2008 Seventh International Conference on Machine Learning and Applications, pp.470-475, 2008. (pdf format)

5.           Wei Li: "Moth Plume-Tracing Derived Algorithm for Identifying Chemical Source in Near-Shore Ocean Environments," Proceedings of 2007 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS'07), pp.2162-2167, 2007. (.pdf format)

6.           Wei Li, M. M. Elgassier, C. Bloomquist, and K. Srivastava: "Multisensor Integration for Declaring the Odor Source of a Plume in Turbulent Fluid-Advected Environments," Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS'06), pp.5534-5539, 2006. (.pdf format)

7.           Wei Li, and D. Carter: "Subsumption Architecture for Fluid-Advected Chemical Plume Tracing with Soft Obstacle Avoidance," Proceedings the Ocean Marine Technology and Ocean Science, 2006. (Abstract)

8.           Wei Li, J. A. Farrell, S. Pang, and R. M Arrieta: "Moth-Inspired Chemical Plume Tracing on an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle," IEEE Transactions on Robotics, vol.22, no.2, pp.292-307, 2006. (.pdf format)

9.           J. A. Farrell, S. Pang, and Wei Li: "Chemical Plume Tracing via an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle," IEEE Journal of Ocean Engineering, vol.30, no.2, pp.428-442, 2005. (.pdf format)

10.      J. A. Farrell, S. Pang, and Wei Li: "Plume mapping via Hidden Markov Methods," IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics-B, vol.33, no.6, pp.850-863, 2003. (.pdf format)

11.      J. A. Farrell, Wei Li, S Pang, R Arrieta: "Chemical Plume Tracing Experimental Results with a REMUS AUV," Proceedings of the Ocean Marine Technology and Ocean Science, pp.4444-4450, 2003. (.pdf format)

12.      J. A. Farrell, J. Murlis, X. Long, Wei Li, and R. Carde: "Filament-Based Atmospheric Dispersion Model to Achieve Short Time-Scale Structure of Chemical Plumes," Environmental Fluid Mechanics, vol.2, pp.143-169, 2002. (.pdf format)

13.      Wei Li, J. A. Farrell, and R. Card: "Tracking of Fluid-Advected Chemical Plumes: Strategies Inspired by Insect Orientation to Pheromone," Adaptive Behavior, vol.9, no.3/4, pp.143-170, 2001. (.pdf format)

 

Simulations:

 

Tracking of a 2D Plume via a Single Robot

Tracking of a 3D Plume via a Single Robot

Tracking of a Plume via Multiple Robots

 

Download Chemical Plume Tracing Simulator

 

Experiments:

 

In-Water Tests at San Clemente Island, California, 2002

In-Water Tests in Duck, North Carolina, 2003

In-Water Tests at Dalian Bay, China, 2010

 

Images of Rhodamine Dye Plumes and AUV Plume Tracers