| Budget Amount *help |
¥19,240,000 (Direct Cost: ¥14,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,440,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥3,640,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥840,000)
Fiscal Year 2010: ¥5,980,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,380,000)
Fiscal Year 2009: ¥9,620,000 (Direct Cost: ¥7,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,220,000)
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| Research Abstract |
This research is aimed at developing a mobile robot with an olfactory sensing capability to enable autonomous search for gas leaks. A gas-sensing system developed in this research is equipped with two gas sensors, one on its right side and the other on its left. The system actively generates air currents to collect gas samples from a specific direction to each gas sensor, which enables determination of a gas-source direction with a high success rate. Results of experiments conducted in a corridor of an office building have shown that the proposed gas-sensing system is effective in determining from which room gas is leaking. The gas leakage from the room have been successfully detected by bringing the gas-sensing system close to the door using a robotic arm.
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