Ethanol-Sniffing Robot (1 of 2) (VIDEO)
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This robot is sniffing out the source of an ethanol leak, but it's being clever about doing it. Rather than just following the strongest scent, the robot is plugging measurements of concentration and airflow into a complex partial differential equation and then deciding where the most useful position to take another measurement is. By repeating this process, it can find an ethanol source in just a dozen or two tries in a complex environment with multiple sources.
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Reza Khodayi-mehr
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