Title :
Exploration time reduction and sustainability enhancement of cooperative clustered multiple robot sensor networks
Author :
Chung, Jong-Moon ; Nam, Yeonghun ; Park, Kyucheol ; Cho, Hyoung Jun
Author_Institution :
Yonsei Univ., Seoul, South Korea
Abstract :
A robot sensor network (RSN) is defined as a network of sensor-equipped robots and sensor nodes (that are deployed by the robots) that wirelessly communicate for remote-control, mission-cooperation, and to report sensed information to the control and reporting center (CRC). RSNs use real-time video communication support (in addition to various sensor data communication) for mission-cooperation and remote-control of its multi-robots. In this article, the hybrid data-type clustering (HDC) and subnet-divided HDC (SHDC) algorithms are proposed to maximize the RSN lifetime and enable more efficient multi-robot mission-cooperation.
Keywords :
cooperative systems; mobile robots; multi-robot systems; pattern clustering; telerobotics; video communication; wireless sensor networks; RSN lifetime maximization; SHDC algorithms; control and reporting center; cooperative clustered multiple robot sensor networks; exploration time reduction; hybrid data-type clustering; multirobot mission-cooperation; real-time video communication support; remote control; sensor nodes; sensor-equipped robots; subnet-divided HDC algorithm; sustainability enhancement; wireless communication; Clustering algorithms; Cooperative systems; Mobile robots; Multirobot systems; Robot sensing systems; Sensors; Wireless sensor networks;
Journal_Title :
Network, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MNET.2012.6201215
