Integrated operations of multi-robot rescue system with ad hoc networking

Sugiyama, Hisayoshi; Tsujioka, Tetsuo; Murata, Masashi

doi:10.1109/wirelessvitae.2009.5172502

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“…The performance improves by the multiple control regions in each frame whereas it degrades by the less number of data slots. The comparison of simulation results when the frame structure is set to (6,16) and (1,18) shows that the former improvement exceeds the latter degrade. Whereas, the results when the structure is (1, 16) discriminate the improvement of multiple control regions from the degradation cause by less number of data slots.…”

Section: B Simulation Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…For the purpose to confirm the performance of rapid control method, the frame structure of (6, 16) and (1,18) are both adopted in the simulations. The latter case means no rapid control with only one control region in each frame.…”

Section: A Simulation System Modelmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The BS is established within a safety zone around the area, whereas robots walk around the disaster area to detect victims located within the range of their sensors. Operators at the BS monitor the sensed data of the victims transmitted from robots and control them if successive rescue operations are necessary [1].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Wideband signal transmission by QoS ad hoc networking for multi-robot rescue systems

Sugiyama

2010

2010 3rd International Symposium on Applied Sciences in Biomedical and Communication Technologies (ISABEL 2010)

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A bandwidth reservation scheme by QoS ad hoc networking is investigated for wideband signal transmission in multi-robot rescue systems. The wideband signals such as moving picture images must be transmitted from robots to their base station that provide the operators with essential informations of the disaster area. As the QoS scheme for the ad hoc networking in multi-robot rescue systems, rapid control method based on synchronized QoS routing is introduced. The synchronized QoS routing reserves a specified bandwidth throughout the communication path in ad hoc networking and the rapid control method improves the performances of the synchronized QoS routing including the rate of successful communication. The improvements become noticeable especially in multi-robot rescue systems where robots explore a disaster area forming chain networks from the base station to distant locations. The QoS scheme for ad hoc networking and the applicability of rapid control method to chain networks are explained. Computer simulations confirm the performance of QoS ad hoc networking with moving picture image transmissions through the chain networks.

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Wideband signal transmission by QoS ad hoc networking for multi-robot rescue systems

Sugiyama

2010

2010 3rd International Symposium on Applied Sciences in Biomedical and Communication Technologies (ISABEL 2010)

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“…To extend the communication range to practically usable levels, a multi-hop chain network is typically proposed. In general, the intermediate hops are also mobile robots, which automatically position themselves in order to maintain the communication link between the actual rescue robot and the human operator [2,3,[8][9][10]. A variation on this USAR approach is to rely on robots during rescue operations for the deployment of a mobile communication backbone [11].…”

Section: Rescue Operationsmentioning

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Adoption of Vehicular Ad Hoc Networking Protocols by Networked Robots

Vandenberghe

Moerman

Demeester

2012

Wireless Pers Commun

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This paper focuses on the utilization of wireless networking in the robotics domain. Many researchers have already equipped their robots with wireless communication capabilities, stimulated by the observation that multi-robot systems tend to have several advantages over their single-robot counterparts. Typically, this integration of wireless communication is tackled in a quite pragmatic manner, only a few authors presented novel Robotic Ad Hoc Network (RANET) protocols that were designed specifically with robotic use cases in mind. This is in sharp contrast with the domain of vehicular ad hoc networks (VANET). This observation is the starting point of this paper. If the results of previous efforts focusing on VANET protocols could be reused in the RANET domain, this could lead to rapid progress in the field of networked robots. To investigate this possibility, this paper provides a thorough overview of the related work in the domain of robotic and vehicular ad hoc networks. Based on this information, an exhaustive list of requirements is defined for both types. It is concluded that the most significant difference lies in the fact that VANET protocols are oriented towards low throughput messaging, while RANET protocols have to support high throughput media streaming as well. Although not always with equal importance, all other defined requirements are valid for both protocols. This leads to the conclusion that cross-fertilization between them is an appealing approach for future RANET research. To support such developments, this paper concludes with the definition of an appropriate working plan.

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“…Autonomous cooperative mobile robots (i.e. swarm of robots) can be used to explore and to map a disaster area and to detect and localize victims but their interconnection requires the development of an ad-hoc wireless network inside the disaster scenario [6]- [8]. For these reasons communications plays a big role in the design of this kind of robots.…”

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Experimental Characterization of Electromagnetic Propagation Under Rubble of a Historic Town After Disaster

Carlofelice

Giampaolo

Feliziani

et al. 2015

IEEE Trans. Veh. Technol.

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Emerging technologies, like rescue robots, exploiting radio localization and communication systems have the makings of improving the rescue of buried people in consequence of anthropic or natural disaster but suitable propagation models in such a kind of scenario are necessary. The earthquake damage experienced in the Italian historic town of L'Aquila turns out to be useful to improve the knowledge of the behaviour of radio propagation in areas with collapsed buildings. After the earthquake a measurement campaign has been then carried out in two different locations with different levels of disaster (completely or partially collapsed buildings). Continuous wave radio transmitters operating at 434 and 868 MHz have been introduced under rubble and their signals have been measured at different points in the surrounding area. Two-port measurements with a large frequency span have been also performed. The main results are the estimates of the excess path loss and the group delay.

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Integrated operations of multi-robot rescue system with ad hoc networking

Cited by 20 publications

References 20 publications

Wideband signal transmission by QoS ad hoc networking for multi-robot rescue systems

Wideband signal transmission by QoS ad hoc networking for multi-robot rescue systems

Adoption of Vehicular Ad Hoc Networking Protocols by Networked Robots

Experimental Characterization of Electromagnetic Propagation Under Rubble of a Historic Town After Disaster

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