Title :
AWARE: Platform for Autonomous self-deploying and operation of Wireless sensor-actuator networks cooperating with unmanned AeRial vehiclEs
Author :
Ollero, Anibal ; Bernard, Markus ; La Civita, Marco ; Van Hoesel, Lodewijk ; Marron, Pedro J. ; Lepley, Jason ; De Andres, Eduardo
Author_Institution :
Sevilla Univ., Sevilla
Abstract :
This paper presents the AWARE platform that seeks to enable the cooperation of autonomous aerial vehicles with ground wireless sensor-actuator networks comprising both static and mobile nodes carried by vehicles or people. Particularly, the paper presents the middleware, the wireless sensor network, the node deployment by means of an autonomous helicopter, and the surveillance and tracking functionalities of the platform. Furthermore, the paper presents the first general experiments of the AWARE project that took place in March 2007 with the assistance of the Seville fire brigades.
Keywords :
aerospace robotics; control engineering computing; helicopters; middleware; mobile computing; mobile robots; remotely operated vehicles; surveillance; wireless sensor networks; AWARE platform; autonomous aerial vehicles; autonomous helicopter; autonomous self-deployment; ground wireless sensor-actuator networks; middleware; mobile node; node deployment; static node; surveillance; tracking; unmanned aerial vehicles; wireless sensor network; Fires; Helicopters; Land vehicles; Middleware; Mobile robots; Remotely operated vehicles; Road vehicles; Surveillance; Unmanned aerial vehicles; Wireless sensor networks; U AVs; co-operative robotics; embedded systems; middleware; wireless sensors and actuator networks;
Conference_Titel :
Safety, Security and Rescue Robotics, 2007. SSRR 2007. IEEE International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Rome
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1569-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1569-4
DOI :
10.1109/SSRR.2007.4381259
