Design and Experimental Evaluation of an Odor Sensing Method for a Pocket-Sized Quadcopter

被引：39

作者：

Shigaki, Shunsuke ^{[1
]}

Fikri, Muhamad Rausyan ^{[2
]}

Kurabayashi, Daisuke ^{[2
]}

机构：

[1] Yokohama Natl Univ, Div Syst Res, Hodogaya Ku, 79-5 Tokiwadai, Yokohama, Kanagawa 2408501, Japan

[2] Tokyo Inst Technol, Dept Syst & Control Engn, Meguro Ku, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Tokyo 1528552, Japan

来源：

SENSORS | 2018年 / 18卷 / 11期

关键词：

chemical plume tracing; pocket-sized quadcopter; aero-olfactory effect; particle image velocimetry; FINE-SCALE STRUCTURE; PLUME; PHEROMONE; MOTH; ORIENTATION; NAVIGATION; TRACKING; SYSTEM; MODEL;

D O I：

10.3390/s18113720

中图分类号：

O65 [分析化学];

学科分类号：

070302 ; 081704 ;

摘要：

In this study, we design and verify an intake system using the wake of a pocket-sized quadcopter for the chemical plume tracing (CPT) problem. Solving CPT represents an important technique in the field of engineering because it can be used to perform rescue operations at the time of a disaster and to identify sources of harmful substances. An appropriate intake of air when sensing odors plays an important role in performing CPT. Hence, we used the air flow generated by a quadcopter itself to intake chemical particles into two alcohol sensors. By experimental evaluation, we verified that the quadcopter wake intake method has good directivity and can be used to realize CPT. Concretely, even at various odor source heights, the quadcopter had a three-dimensional CPT success rate of at least 70%. These results imply that, although a further development of three-dimensional CPT is necessary in order to conduct it in unknown and cluttered environments, the intake method proposed in this paper enables a pocket-sized quadcopter to perform three-dimensional CPT.

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