A Low-Cost Mobile Urban Environmental Monitoring System

Abraham, K.; Pandian, S.R.

doi:10.1109/isms.2013.76

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“…As proof of concept, temperature and humidity sensors have been used for monitoring environmental conditions. The data have been tagged with temporal (date and time) and spatial (latitude and longitude coordinates from on-board GPS) coordinates, and can be used to build environmental maps and environmental geographic information systems [13]. Extension of the system to coordinated mobile robot path planning, navigation with real-time obstacle avoidance using on-board vision system, and incorporation of additional sensors for environmental monitoring are straightforward, and are topics for future work.…”

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“…A variation of this technology is the robot sensor network (e.g., [12]) which is a mobile version of wireless sensor networks with fixed nodes. An innovative, low-cost version of a mobile sensor network for outdoor air quality monitoring in India has recently been implemented using means of public transport [13]. Research has been also done on so-called robot mules that can autonomously collect environmental information [14].…”

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A cloud-based mobile robotic system for environmental monitoring

Meena

Prabha

Pandian

2014

2014 Asia-Pacific Conference on Computer Aided System Engineering (APCASE)

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Cloud computing is one of the major emerging technologies of the early 21st century, and has the potential to boost socio-economic development significantly. While cloud computing has traditionally meant software technology, of late there has been active research on cyber-physical cloud systems involving vehicles and mobile robots. In this paper, a set of mobile field robots linked by wireless communication is connected to a cloud server for the purpose of environmental monitoring. One of the robots is used as a base station, while the others are equipped with air quality sensors and on-board microcontrollers for navigation and control. The air quality data are transmitted to the base station robot, which forwards them to the cloud-based server for storage, retrieval, and visualization. The cloud server can also be used to perform computationintensive functions like image processing using the Google Recognition Engine. A prototype system consisting of three networked mobile robots with open source microcontrollers and air quality sensors connected to a cloud server is developed, and experimental results are presented to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.

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A cloud-based mobile robotic system for environmental monitoring

Meena

Prabha

Pandian

2014

2014 Asia-Pacific Conference on Computer Aided System Engineering (APCASE)

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“…The authors in [ 32 ] present a low-cost solution based on the Arduino platform. Each Arduino is equipped with various sensors, such as CO, CO 2 , hydrogen, methane and sound.…”

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SEnviro: A Sensorized Platform Proposal Using Open Hardware and Open Standards

Trilles

Luján

Belmonte

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Sensors

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The need for constant monitoring of environmental conditions has produced an increase in the development of wireless sensor networks (WSN). The drive towards smart cities has produced the need for smart sensors to be able to monitor what is happening in our cities. This, combined with the decrease in hardware component prices and the increase in the popularity of open hardware, has favored the deployment of sensor networks based on open hardware. The new trends in Internet Protocol (IP) communication between sensor nodes allow sensor access via the Internet, turning them into smart objects (Internet of Things and Web of Things). Currently, WSNs provide data in different formats. There is a lack of communication protocol standardization, which turns into interoperability issues when connecting different sensor networks or even when connecting different sensor nodes within the same network. This work presents a sensorized platform proposal that adheres to the principles of the Internet of Things and the Web of Things. Wireless sensor nodes were built using open hardware solutions, and communications rely on the HTTP/IP Internet protocols. The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) SensorThings API candidate standard was used as a neutral format to avoid interoperability issues. An environmental WSN developed following the proposed architecture was built as a proof of concept. Details on how to build each node and a study regarding energy concerns are presented.

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“…In an attempt to overcome these disadvantages, technological based surveillance has become an alternative. Many researchers [15,[19][20][21][22] have shown that the use of mobile devices has significantly improved reporting and communication of site inspections while other researchers [23][24][25][26][27] have implemented technological based surveillance by using wireless sensors and the Web as an alternative to traditional environmental quality monitoring.…”

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Supporting Environmental Surveillance on Construction Sites using Mobile Environmental Information System

Harun¹,

Bichard²

2015

IJERT

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Data and data retrieval remain central to the challenge of environmental protection initiatives. Approaches such as walk-through inspections and environmental monitoring rely on environmental information that is concise, accurate, material timely and usable. However, current methods of collecting environmental data from the field are, on occasion, problematic in that they are labour-intensive and can take a considerable time to process between the point of collection and the period of analysis. These drawbacks create an obstacle for construction managers and can result in unnecessary environmental impacts, prosecutions and delays. Technological based surveillance has become an alternative in an attempt to overcome some of these disadvantages. But, in some circumstances it can be difficult to demonstrate a connection between the pollution detected and a specific source solely using these methods. Therefore, while physical environmental surveillance (observation/walk-through inspection) still remains important some improvements can be made through the application of Internet of Things technologies in order to accommodate the needs of both physical and technological based environmental surveillance in one system. This paper proposes a prototype of the Mobile Environmental Information System. This system is designed to assist construction environmental management teams to efficiently perform surveillance activities and make informed decisions in the light of a better awareness of the current status of environmental constraints and legislation. The user requirements, the conceptual model and the functional specifications as well as the system architecture for the prototype system presented in this paper will form the basis for the development of the prototype system.

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A Low-Cost Mobile Urban Environmental Monitoring System

Cited by 10 publications

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A cloud-based mobile robotic system for environmental monitoring

A cloud-based mobile robotic system for environmental monitoring

SEnviro: A Sensorized Platform Proposal Using Open Hardware and Open Standards

Supporting Environmental Surveillance on Construction Sites using Mobile Environmental Information System

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