Performance of a distributed robotic system using shared communications channels

Paul E. Rybski; Sascha A. Stoeter; Maria Gini; Dean F. Hougen; Nikolaos P. Papanikolopoulos

doi:10.1117/12.444149

4 October 2001 Performance of a distributed robotic system using shared communications channels

Paul E. Rybski, Sascha A. Stoeter, Maria Gini, Dean F. Hougen, Nikolaos P. Papanikolopoulos

Proceedings Volume 4571, Sensor Fusion and Decentralized Control in Robotic Systems IV; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.444149
Event: Intelligent Systems and Advanced Manufacturing, 2001, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

We have designed and built a set of miniature robots and developed a distributed software system to control them. We present experimental results on a surveillance task in which multiple robots patrol an area and watch for motion. We discuss how the limited communication bandwidth affects robot performance in accomplishing the task and analyze how performance depends on the number of robots that share the bandwidth.

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Paul E. Rybski, Sascha A. Stoeter, Maria Gini, Dean F. Hougen, and Nikolaos P. Papanikolopoulos "Performance of a distributed robotic system using shared communications channels", Proc. SPIE 4571, Sensor Fusion and Decentralized Control in Robotic Systems IV, (4 October 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.444149

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