2nd International IEEE Conference on Communication System Software and Middleware

Research Article

Profiling Pseudonet Architecture for Coordinating Mobile Robots

  • @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.