Scalable experimental platform for research, development and testing of networked robotic systems in informationally structured environments experimental testbed station for wireless robot-sensor networks

The paper regards building of a scalable experimental platform for research, development, testing and verification of navigation and control algorithms for Wireless Robot-Sensor Networked systems (WRSN). Concept of the corresponding experimental test-bed station, with appropriate hierarchy-distributed control structure, operated within informationally structured space (environment) is presented in the paper. Complementary software simulator (Virtual WRSN) to enable preliminary system analysis, control synthesis, tuning parameters and simulation is developed, too. Both, experimental and virtual testbed system provide complementary research and development tools for research and development of heterogeneous, scalable networked multi-agent robotic systems to be employed in industry, at home, in office, medical institutions, public buildings, etc., as service human-oriented robots in our everyday life.