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English
Etymology
electro- + location
Noun
electrolocation (uncountable)
- (zoology) the ability of an animal to detect an object by its distortion of the animal's electric field, as in the electric fishes such as the electric eel.
- (cybernetics) the ability of a robot to locate an object by detecting changes in its electric field.
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References
- Allaby, Michael. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Zoology. pg 159. Oxford University Press. New York. 1992.
- Solberg, J.R. Lynch, K.M. Maclver, M.A. Dept. of Mech. Eng., Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL. 'Robotic Electrolocation: Active Underwater Target Localization with Electric Fields" in Robotics and Automation, 2007 IEEE International Conference. April 10 - 14, 2007. IEEE Xplore. Online. June 8, 2008. ISSN 1050-4729. →ISBN. INSPEC Accession Number: 9506298. Digital Object Identifier: 10.1109/ROBOT.2007.364231.