The overall goal of this experiment is to evaluate the odor-tracking capability of an insect used as a controller of a mobile robot. This method can address key challenges in the biomedics field, such as how to utilize insects in biomimetic mobile
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The capability to localize an odor source is necessary for insect survival and is expected to be applicable to artificial odor-tracking. The insect-controlled robot is driven by an actual silkmoth and enables us to evaluate the odor-tracking capability of insects through a robotic platform.