• DocumentCode
    1201856
  • Title

    Using mobile robots to harvest data from sensor fields

  • Author

    Tekdas, Onur ; Isler, Volkan ; Lim, Jong Hyun ; Terzis, Andreas

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
  • Volume
    16
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    2/1/2009 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    22
  • Lastpage
    28
  • Abstract
    We explore synergies among mobile robots and wireless sensor networks in environmental monitoring through a system in which robotic data mules collect measurements gathered by sensing nodes. A proof-of-concept implementation demonstrates that this approach significantly increases the lifetime of the system by conserving energy that the sensing nodes otherwise would use for communication.
  • Keywords
    energy conservation; mobile robots; wireless sensor networks; environmental monitoring; mobile robots; networked robotics; wireless communications; wireless sensor networks; Batteries; Clustering algorithms; Microcontrollers; Mobile robots; Monitoring; Robot sensing systems; Routing; Temperature; Underwater vehicles; Wireless sensor networks;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Wireless Communications, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1536-1284
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MWC.2009.4804365
  • Filename
    4804365
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1201856