electrolocation

English

Etymology

From electro- +‎ location.

Noun

electrolocation (uncountable)

1. (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.
2. (cybernetics) the ability of a robot to locate an object by detecting changes in its electric field.

Related terms

• electrolocate

References

• Allaby, Michael. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Zoology. pg 159. Oxford University Press. New York. 1992.
• Solberg, J.R. Lynch, K.M. MacIver, 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.