“The principle we have demonstrated can be used and applied to other senses, such as sight and touch…The sky is the limit.”
A new technological development by Tel Aviv University has made it possible for a robot to smell using a biological sensor.
The sensor sends electrical signals as a response to the presence of a nearby odor, which the robot can detect and interpret.
The researchers successfully connected the biological sensor to an electronic system, the university explained in a press release. Using a machine-learning algorithm, they were able to identify odors with a level of sensitivity 10,000 times higher than that of a commonly used electronic device.
The researchers believe this technology could also be used to identify explosives, drugs, diseases, and more.
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