Real-time chemical sensing in complex environments with insect olfaction
Abstract
Even simple biological organisms such as insects are known to possess superior sensing capabilities than the state-of-art engineering technologies. For example, odor recognition in natural environments require filtering out other competing background cues, and compensating for changes in ambient conditions (such as temperature, humidity, and flow dynamics). The main objective of this work is two-fold: First, we will investigate how the insect olfactory system solves challenges associated with real-time recognition of chemical cues in complex environments. Next, we will develop a tool-kit (materials, methods and algorithms) for achieving rapid odor recognition with walking and flying insects.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Jan 23, 2019
- Source ID
- N000141912049
Entities
People
- Baranidharan Raman
Organizations
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy
- Washington University in St. Louis