Experience Embedding a Compact eNose in an Indoor Mobile Delivery Robot for the Early Detection of Gas Leaks

Indoor transport robots are currently a key robotics application in large industrial assembly lines, and a similar future deployment as indoor mobile delivery robots in large horizontal or vertical buildings can be expected. This deployment can be accelerated if the transport robot is also capable o...

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Autores: Bitriá Ribes, Ricard, Palacín Roca, Jordi, Rubies, Elena, Clotet Bellmunt, Eduard
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:10459.1/467902
Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.3390/app15073430
https://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/467902
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Electronic nose
eNose
Delivery robot
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Sumario:Indoor transport robots are currently a key robotics application in large industrial assembly lines, and a similar future deployment as indoor mobile delivery robots in large horizontal or vertical buildings can be expected. This deployment can be accelerated if the transport robot is also capable of performing other valuable tasks within buildings. In this direction, this paper presents the first results obtained by embedding a compact, low-power electronic nose (also known as an eNose) in an indoor mobile delivery robot. The objective of this implementation is the evaluation of a delivery robot as an early detector of gas leaks. The general advantage of using the gas sensing capabilities of an eNose is that it can be simultaneously trained to detect a single specific gas or a complex odor composed of various volatile chemical compounds. Experimental application results obtained in real operation conditions have confirmed that a mobile delivery robot embedded with a compact eNose can detect ethanol leaks while making a package delivery inside a building.