Application of odor sensors in mobile robotics

Animals that have a rather small number of neurons, like insects, display a diversity of instinctive behaviours strictly correlated with particular sensory information. The diversity of behaviors observed in insects has been shaped by millions of years of biological evolution, so that their strategies must be efficient and adaptive to circumstances which change every moment. Many insects use olfaction as a navigation aid for some vital tasks as searching for sources of food, a sexual partner or a good place for oviposition.

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