Recent advances in miniaturization of chemical instrumentation and in low-cost small
drones are catalyzing exponential growth in the use of such platforms for environmental …

Assessment of air quality has been traditionally conducted by ground based monitoring, and
more recently by manned aircrafts and satellites. However, performing fast, comprehensive …

Within the last couple of decades, there has been increasing research into the use of mobile
robots for gas sensing applications. This has led to many different branches of research …

Fugitive methane emissions from the oil and gas industry are targeted using leak detection
and repair (LDAR) programs. Until recently, only a limited number of measurement …

This paper presents an approach for a quadrocoper-based micro unmanned aerial vehicle
(UAV) that estimates the wind vector (speed and direction) in real-time based on …

This paper describes the design, construction and validation of a mobile sensory platform for
greenhouse monitoring. The complete system consists of a sensory system on board a small …

This paper describes the development and validation of the currently smallest aerial platform
with olfaction capabilities. The developed Smelling Nano Aerial Vehicle (SNAV) is based on …

Gas source localization (GSL) with mobile robots is a challenging task due to the
unpredictable nature of gas dispersion, the limitations of the currents sensing technologies …

Obtaining spatially separated, high‐frequency water samples from rivers and lakes is critical
to enhance our understanding and effective management of freshwater resources. In this …

Autonomous mobile robots are increasingly employed to take measurements for
environmental monitoring, but planning informative, measurement‐rich paths through large …