Improving gas dispersal simulation for mobile robot olfaction: Using robot-created occupancy maps and remote gas sensors in the simulation loop

Han Fan, Muhammad Asif Arain, Victor Hernandez Bennett, Erik Schaffernicht, Achim J. Lilienthal

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Abstract

Mobile robot platforms equipped with olfaction systems have been used in many gas sensing applications. However, in-field validation of mobile robot olfaction systems is time consuming, expensive, cumbersome and lacks repeatability. In order to address these issues, simulation tools are used. However, the available mobile robot olfaction simulations lack models for remote gas sensors, and the possibility to import geometrical representations of actual real-world environments in a convenient way. In this paper, we describe extensions to an open-source CFD-based filament gas dispersal simulator. These improvements arrow to use robot-created occupancy maps and offer remote sensing capabilities in the simulation loop. We demonstrate the novel features in an example application: we created a 3D map a complex indoor environment, and performed a gas emission monitoring task with a Tunable Diode Laser Absorption Spectroscopy based remote gas sensor in a simulated version of the environment.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationISOEN 2017 - ISOCS/IEEE International Symposium on Olfaction and Electronic Nose, Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781509023912
DOIs
StatePublished - 5 Jul 2017
Externally publishedYes
Event2017 ISOCS/IEEE International Symposium on Olfaction and Electronic Nose, ISOEN 2017 - Montreal, Canada
Duration: 28 May 201731 May 2017

Publication series

NameISOEN 2017 - ISOCS/IEEE International Symposium on Olfaction and Electronic Nose, Proceedings

Conference

Conference2017 ISOCS/IEEE International Symposium on Olfaction and Electronic Nose, ISOEN 2017
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityMontreal
Period28/05/1731/05/17

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