A Network Architecture for Large Mobile Robotics Environments

Daniel Moraes; Paulo Coelho; Eleri Cardozo; Eliane Guimar˜aes

2nd International ICST Conference on Robot Communication and Coordination

Research Article

A Network Architecture for Large Mobile Robotics Environments

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    author={Daniel Moraes and Paulo Coelho and Eleri Cardozo and Eliane Guimar˜aes},
    title={A Network Architecture for Large Mobile Robotics Environments},
    proceedings={2nd International ICST Conference on Robot Communication and Coordination},
    proceedings_a={ROBOCOMM},
    year={2009},
    month={5},
    keywords={},
    doi={10.4108/ICST.ROBOCOMM2009.5821}
}

Daniel Moraes
Paulo Coelho
Eleri Cardozo
Eliane Guimar˜aes
Year: 2009
A Network Architecture for Large Mobile Robotics Environments
ROBOCOMM
ICST
DOI: 10.4108/ICST.ROBOCOMM2009.5821

Daniel Moraes¹^,*, Paulo Coelho¹, Eleri Cardozo¹, Eliane Guimar˜aes²^,*

1: Thienne Johnson, Fernanda Atizani School of Electrical and Computer Enginneering University of Campinas, Brazil
2: Information Technology Center Renato Archer Robotics and Computer Vision Division Campinas, Brazil

*Contact email: dmoraes@dca.fee.unicamp.br, eliane.guimaraes@cti.gov.br

Abstract

Mobile robotics environments must adopt networking solutions that provide secure and reliable communications for the mobile robots across wide areas such as hospitals, factories, farms, etc. This paper proposes a network architecture for large mobile robotic environments built above the existing networking infrastructures. The architecture builds an overlay network above the already deployed network. The overlay network must fulfill the requirements demanded by mobile robotic applications, mainly, communication continuity during handover, security, and quality of service. A prototype of this architecture was implemented and evaluated in a mobile robotic environment composed of Pioneer P3-DX mobile robots accessed through the Internet. Results from simulation show that the architecture scales well in larger networking scenarios.

Published: 2009-05-19
Modified: 2010-05-16

: http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/ICST.ROBOCOMM2009.5821