About VirtualPlume

VirtualPlumeSim is a plume simulation software. It was originally a plugin driver designed to work with Player/Stage, bringing plume simulation into the world of mobile robotics. It is capable of feeding simulated chemical plumes into a simulated or real robot from a wide range of sources, from mathematical models to data generated by computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software. It is also able to use data collected from real world experiments, enabling it to playback a recorded chemical plume over and over again.

This software package is a great tool for developing odor search algorithms, providing a smooth path of progression from a simulated robot and environment, to a real robot with a simulated plume and finally to a real experiment.

In this stack a ROS version of VirtualPlume can be found, with visualization support over rviz.

Related Publications

• Player/Stage Simulation of Olfactory Experiments (IROS 2010)

• PlumeSim - Player/Stage Plume Simulator (ICRA 2010)

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