A Novel Bio-Controller for Localizing Pollution Sources in a Medium Peclet Environment

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2010-04-14
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Natureinspiredsolutionsenablebiologicalsystemstoadaptandaccomplishtheirtasksinverynoisyanduncertainenvironments.Takinginspirationfromnature,anovelbacteriacontrollercapableoffindingthesourceofpollutioninanunderwatermediumturbulentenvironmentispresentedinthispaper.Experimentsprovethatthecontrolleriscapableofperformingpollutionsourceexploration,pollutionplumetransverseandsourcedeclarationinamediumPecletenvironmentwithoutdistinctivelyseparatingthesethreecomponentsasmostresearchersdid.Theresultsobtainedfromtheseexperimentsareconsideredasasteptowardsthedeploymentofroboticfishinahighlyturbulentmarineenvironment.Finally,abriefconclusionandfutureextensionarepresented.