Institut d'Ecologie et des Sciences de l'Environnement de Paris

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Neuroscience

Using Insect Electroantennogram Sensors on Autonomous Robots for Olfactory Searches

Dominique Martinez¹, Lotfi Arhidi¹, Elodie Demondion², Jean-Baptiste Masson³, Philippe Lucas²

¹UMR 7503, Laboratoire Lorrain de Recherche en Informatique et ses Applications (LORIA), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), ²UMR 1392 iEES-Paris, Institut d'Ecologie et des Sciences de l'Environnement de Paris, ³Physics of Biological Systems, Institut Pasteur

We describe a protocol for using insect antennae in the form of electroantennograms (EAGs) on autonomous robots. Our experimental design allows stable recordings within a day and resolves individual odor patches up to 10 Hz. The efficiency of EAG sensors for olfactory searches is demonstrated in driving a robot toward an odor source.