Cooperative Autonomous Robots for Reconnaissance

Abstract

Collaborating mobile robots equipped with WiFi transceivers are configured as a mobile ad-hoc network. Algorithms are developed to take advantage of the distributed processing capability inherent to multi-agent systems. The focus of this study was to determine the optimal amount of communication which allows the robots to share a sufficiently detailed global map, while keeping their processing time and energy usage to a minimum. A hardware testbed is described, which will be used to examine these trade-offs in an indoor laboratory-scale test area.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 06, 2009
Accession Number
ADA499760

Entities

People

  • Thaddeus A. Roppel

Organizations

  • Auburn University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Ad Hoc Networks
  • Air Force
  • Dead Reckoning
  • Department Of Defense
  • Engineering
  • Mathematics
  • Mesh Networks
  • Mobile Ad Hoc Networks
  • Motion Planning
  • Networks
  • Robotics
  • Robots
  • Sensor Fusion
  • Students
  • Universities
  • Wireless Communications

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Agent-Based Social Robotics and Mobile-Assisted Learning in Virtual Environments.
  • Computer Networking
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Autonomous Systems
  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - Autonomous System Control