Profiling Pseudonet Architecture for Coordinating Mobile Robots

Sriram  Raghavan; Ravindran  B

2nd International IEEE Conference on Communication System Software and Middleware

Research Article

Profiling Pseudonet Architecture for Coordinating Mobile Robots

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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/COMSWA.2007.382570,
    author={Sriram  Raghavan and Ravindran  B},
    title={Profiling Pseudonet Architecture for Coordinating Mobile Robots},
    proceedings={2nd International IEEE Conference on Communication System Software and Middleware},
    publisher={IEEE},
    proceedings_a={COMSWARE},
    year={2007},
    month={7},
    keywords={Area Coverage  Communication Architecture  Distributed Coordination  Multi-agent System},
    doi={10.1109/COMSWA.2007.382570}
}

Sriram Raghavan
Ravindran B
Year: 2007
Profiling Pseudonet Architecture for Coordinating Mobile Robots
COMSWARE
IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/COMSWA.2007.382570

Sriram Raghavan¹^,*, Ravindran B²^,*

1: UMG, Intel Corporation India
2: Dept. of Computer Science and Engg. UMG Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India

*Contact email: sriram.raghavan@intel.com, ravi@cs.iitm.ernet.in

Abstract

Area coverage and Navigation are two fundamental requirements for robot applications. When multiple robots are fielded in a scene, coordination through communication becomes a natural pre-requisite. This paper focuses on the area coverage problem and proposes periodic exchange of state information related to location and coverage as a solution. The solution is based on pseudonet communication architecture that enables exchange of messages between the robots by setting up a Bluetooth piconet or scatternet and maintaining the same throughout the process of covering the area.

Keywords: Area Coverage Communication Architecture Distributed Coordination Multi-agent System

Published: 2007-07-09
Publisher: IEEE
Modified: 2011-07-24

: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/COMSWA.2007.382570