Abstract
In recent years, the demand for mobile robots to perform odor source localization tasks in dangerous environments has been increasing, and this technology has gradually become a focus of research. However, existing bio-inspired algorithms still have many limitations in real applications. Therefore, we attempt to design a moth-inspired algorithm integrated with a fuzzy control mechanism to enhance the robot’s ability to track odor sources in environments with dense obstacles. The goal is to improve the accuracy and efficiency of localization. Through multiple sets of simulation and real environment experiments, we observed that this algorithm achieved significant improvements in multiple indicators, including task success rate, search efficiency, and path planning quality. Compared with the traditional moth algorithm, its stability and adaptability in complex scenarios are also outstanding.