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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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Atlanta, GA | Posted: September 14, 2010
Georgia Tech researchers have been awarded funds from the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) to develop navigational strategies for olfactory guided source location by autonomous agents. The project headed by Marc Weissburg (Professor, Biology) combines fluid dynamical investigations of chemical signal structure by co-PI Don Webster (Civil & Environmental Engineering) with development of chemical signal processing strategies. These strategies are based on the extensive knowledge of aquatic chemosensory navigation collected by these same investigators, using blue crabs and other species. The goal is to develop signal processing algorithms that use the complex information in chemical plumes to guide autonomous agents to a source. The results will be used to allow new generations of aquatic autonomous vehicles to locate underwater hazards, such as unexplored ordinance, in nearshore coastal and river environments.
