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Sensors 2012, 12, 4737-4763; doi:10.3390/s120404737 OPEN ACCESS sensors ISSN 1424-8220 /journal/sensors Article Adapting an Ant Colony Metaphor for Multi-Robot Chemical Plume Tracing Qing-Hao Meng *, Wei-Xing Yang, Yang Wang, Fei Li and Ming Zeng Institute of Robotics and Autonomous Systems, School of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Tianjin University, No. 92, Weijin Road, Tianjin 300072, China; E-Mails: weixing@ (W.-X.Y.); raynor63@163.com (Y.W.); lifei@ (F.L.); zengming@ (M.Z.) * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: qh_meng@; Tel./Fax: +86-22-2789-2367. Rece