The ability of many insects, especially moths, to locate either food or a member of the opposite sex is an amazing achievement. There are numerous scenarios where having this ability embedded into ground-based or aerial vehicles would be invaluable. This paper presents results from a 3-D computer simulation of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) autonomously tracking a chemical plume to its source. The simulation study includes a simulated dynamic chemical plume, 6-degree of freedom, nonlinear aircraft model, and a bio-inspired navigation algorithm. The emphasis of this paper is the development and analysis of the navigation algorithm. The foundation of this algorithm is a fuzzy controller designed to categorize where in the plume the aircraft is located: coming into the plume, in the plume, exiting the plume, or out of the plume.


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    Title :

    Bio-inspired odor-based navigation


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    Conference:

    Modeling and Simulation for Military Applications ; 2006 ; Orlando (Kissimmee),Florida,United States


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    Publication date :

    2006-05-05





    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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