Mobile robot coordination and navigation with directional antennas in positionless wireless sensor networks

Jiang, Jehn-Ruey; Lai, Yung-Liang; Deng, Fucheng

doi:10.1145/1506270.1506369

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“…This saves care givers valuable time, allowing them to focus on providing immediate medical treatment instead of the more logistical task of transportation. Jiang et al [48] omitted the concept of a human leader, avoiding human intervention during rescue operations in the extremely dangerous battlefield. Such a system is characterized by a higher level of complexity: all mobile robots have to be notified about entities waiting for rescue, rescue tasks have to be allocated among the mobile robots, and mobile robots have to be guided to reach the designated targets without location information.…”

Section: Militarymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Adoption of Vehicular Ad Hoc Networking Protocols by Networked Robots

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Moerman

Demeester

2012

Wireless Pers Commun

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This paper focuses on the utilization of wireless networking in the robotics domain. Many researchers have already equipped their robots with wireless communication capabilities, stimulated by the observation that multi-robot systems tend to have several advantages over their single-robot counterparts. Typically, this integration of wireless communication is tackled in a quite pragmatic manner, only a few authors presented novel Robotic Ad Hoc Network (RANET) protocols that were designed specifically with robotic use cases in mind. This is in sharp contrast with the domain of vehicular ad hoc networks (VANET). This observation is the starting point of this paper. If the results of previous efforts focusing on VANET protocols could be reused in the RANET domain, this could lead to rapid progress in the field of networked robots. To investigate this possibility, this paper provides a thorough overview of the related work in the domain of robotic and vehicular ad hoc networks. Based on this information, an exhaustive list of requirements is defined for both types. It is concluded that the most significant difference lies in the fact that VANET protocols are oriented towards low throughput messaging, while RANET protocols have to support high throughput media streaming as well. Although not always with equal importance, all other defined requirements are valid for both protocols. This leads to the conclusion that cross-fertilization between them is an appealing approach for future RANET research. To support such developments, this paper concludes with the definition of an appropriate working plan.

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Section: Militarymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Jiang et al [48] presented the k-FNF scheme. When a specific node detects the occurrence of an event, it broadcasts an event notification packet throughout the entire network.…”

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Adoption of Vehicular Ad Hoc Networking Protocols by Networked Robots

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Moerman

Demeester

2012

Wireless Pers Commun

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“…After a disaster happened, many stationary tasks, such as saving survivors in debris, extinguishing fire of buildings, etc, need first responders to perform. Due to the destructions of local communication infrastructures, a number of mobile wireless agents (WAs) are employed to search and deploy to establish ad hoc networks in the disaster environment [Deshpande et al, 2012], [Jiang et al, 2008], [Ortiz et al, 2004], [Balachandran et al, 2006], [Srinivas et al, 2006]. With the guidance of the established networks, first responders can efficiently perform tasks in the environment.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Task-Based Wireless Mobile Agents Search and Deployment for Ad Hoc Network Establishment in Disaster Environments

Zhang

Bai

2014

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

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In disaster environments, due to the destruction of local communication infrastructures, wireless mobile agents (robots) are employed to search and deploy to establish ad hoc networks. With the guidance of the network, first responders can efficiently perform tasks in disaster environments. However, due to the uncertainties and complexities of disaster environments and the limited capabilities of wirelessmobile agents, it is challenging to apply wireless mobile agents to disaster environments in both theory and practice. To this end, a task-based wireless mobile agents search and deployment approach is proposed for ad hoc network establishment in disaster environments. The proposed approach consists of a search module and a deployment module. The search module enables wireless mobile agents to efficiently move and collect information in an unknown and complex disaster environment. The deployment module enables wireless mobile agents to find suitable deployment locations based on the collected information. The ad hoc networks established by the proposed approach can guarantee the communications of wireless mobile agents in ad hoc networks. In addition, it can cover the maximum number of tasks and maximum size of area in the disaster environment. The experimental results demonstrate the advantages of the proposed approach in terms of wireless mobile agents search and deployment for ad hoc network establishment in disaster environments. Abstract. In disaster environments, due to the destruction of local communication infrastructures, wireless mobile agents (robots) are employed to search and deploy to establish ad hoc networks. With the guidance of the network, first responders can efficiently perform tasks in disaster environments. However, due to the uncertainties and complexities of disaster environments and the limited capabilities of wireless mobile agents, it is challenging to apply wireless mobile agents to disaster environments in both theory and practice. To this end, a task-based wireless mobile agents search and deployment approach is proposed for ad hoc network establishment in disaster environments. The proposed approach consists of a search module and a deployment module. The search module enables wireless mobile agents to efficiently move and collect information in an unknown and complex disaster environment. The deployment module enables wireless mobile agents to find suitable deployment locations based on the collected information. The ad hoc networks established by the proposed approach can guarantee the communications of wireless mobile agents in ad hoc networks. In addition, it can cover the maximum number of tasks and maximum size of area in the disaster environment. The experimental results demonstrate the advantages of the proposed approach in terms of wireless mobile agents search and deployment for ad hoc network establishment in disaster environments.

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“…Jehn-Ruey Jiang et al . mounted two antennas on a mobile robot [11]. The robot rotates its directional antenna from 0° to 360° and chooses the direction with the strongest RSSI for its next movement.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Some researchers have already been aware of the difference between the traditional navigation methods and those with WSN, and proposed some further algorithms to enable the robot to navigate with a path composed of a series of sensor nodes. Jehn-Ruey Jiang et al mounted two antennas on a mobile robot [11]. The robot rotates its directional antenna from 0° to 360° and chooses the direction with the strongest RSSI for its next movement.…”

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Path Planning and Navigation for Mobile Robots in a Hybrid Sensor Network without Prior Location Information

Zhang

et al. 2013

International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems

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In a hybrid wireless sensor network with mobile and static nodes, which have no prior geographical knowledge, successful navigation for mobile robots is one of the main challenges. In this paper, we propose two novel navigation algorithms for outdoor environments, which permit robots to travel from one static node to another along a planned path in the sensor field, namely the RAC and the IMAP algorithms. Using this, the robot can navigate without the help of a map, GPS or extra sensor modules, only using the received signal strength indication (RSSI) and odometry. Therefore, our algorithms have the advantage of being cost-effective. In addition, a path planning algorithm to schedule mobile robots' travelling paths is presented, which focuses on shorter distances and robust paths for robots by considering the RSSI-Distance characteristics. The simulations and experiments conducted with an autonomous mobile robot show the effectiveness of the proposed algorithms in an outdoor environment.

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Mobile robot coordination and navigation with directional antennas in positionless wireless sensor networks

Cited by 10 publications

References 15 publications

Adoption of Vehicular Ad Hoc Networking Protocols by Networked Robots

Adoption of Vehicular Ad Hoc Networking Protocols by Networked Robots

Task-Based Wireless Mobile Agents Search and Deployment for Ad Hoc Network Establishment in Disaster Environments

Path Planning and Navigation for Mobile Robots in a Hybrid Sensor Network without Prior Location Information

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