Optimal Gas Sensors Arrangement in Odor Searching Robot

Abstract

This paper presents an analysis of an optimal sensor arrangement in Odor Searching Robot (OSR). 5 gas sensors integrated in OSR can help the OSR to navigate to the source. Since low cost, low computation and robust robot is preferred in swarm robot application, the OSR, as an individual robot of swarm in this study, is designed to be able to switch into the mode 3 or the mode 5 in order to analyze the optimal distance of the gas sensors arrangement that can be integrated in the OSR. By knowing the optimal sensor arrangement, the low cost and or the low computation OSR can be established. Algorithms of fuzzy logic for 3 and 5 gas sensors are tested in open environment. The concentration of gas is used as the input of the fuzzy logic. The robot uses the concentration, as its parameters in determining which way that it should take. From this research, it can be concluded that there was no significant difference between using 3 gas sensors or 5 gas sensors.