Design and Experimental Evaluation of an Odor Sensing Method for a Pocket-Sized Quadcopter
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 t...
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| author | Shunsuke Shigaki Muhamad Rausyan Fikri Daisuke Kurabayashi |
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj.art-2279346fdedc4a94aaa5f5c824a0f5152022-12-22T02:19:33ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202018-11-011811372010.3390/s18113720s18113720Design and Experimental Evaluation of an Odor Sensing Method for a Pocket-Sized QuadcopterShunsuke Shigaki0Muhamad Rausyan Fikri1Daisuke Kurabayashi2Division of Systems Research, Yokohama National University, 79-5 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama 240-8501, JapanDepartment of Systems and Control Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8552, JapanDepartment of Systems and Control Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8552, JapanIn 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.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/18/11/3720chemical plume tracingpocket-sized quadcopteraero-olfactory effectparticle image velocimetry |
| spellingShingle | Shunsuke Shigaki Muhamad Rausyan Fikri Daisuke Kurabayashi Design and Experimental Evaluation of an Odor Sensing Method for a Pocket-Sized Quadcopter Sensors chemical plume tracing pocket-sized quadcopter aero-olfactory effect particle image velocimetry |
| title | Design and Experimental Evaluation of an Odor Sensing Method for a Pocket-Sized Quadcopter |
| title_full | Design and Experimental Evaluation of an Odor Sensing Method for a Pocket-Sized Quadcopter |
| title_fullStr | Design and Experimental Evaluation of an Odor Sensing Method for a Pocket-Sized Quadcopter |
| title_full_unstemmed | Design and Experimental Evaluation of an Odor Sensing Method for a Pocket-Sized Quadcopter |
| title_short | Design and Experimental Evaluation of an Odor Sensing Method for a Pocket-Sized Quadcopter |
| title_sort | design and experimental evaluation of an odor sensing method for a pocket sized quadcopter |
| topic | chemical plume tracing pocket-sized quadcopter aero-olfactory effect particle image velocimetry |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/18/11/3720 |
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