Title :
A Short-Range Infrared Communication for Swarm Mobile Robots
Author :
Arvin, Farshad ; Samsudin, Khairulmizam ; Ramli, Abdul Rahman
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Syst. Eng., Univ. of Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia
Abstract :
This paper presents another short-range communication technique suitable for swarm mobile robots application. Infrared is used for transmitting and receiving data packets and obstacle detection. The infrared communication system is used for an autonomous mobile robot (UPM-AMR) that will be used as a low-cost platform for robotics research. A pulse-code modulation (PCM) digital scheme is used for transmitting data. The reflected infrared signal is also used for distance estimation for obstacle avoidance. Analysis of robotpsilas behaviors shows the feasibility of using infrared signals to obtain a reliable local communication between swarm mobile robots.
Keywords :
collision avoidance; distance measurement; mobile robots; multi-robot systems; optical communication; optical modulation; pulse code modulation; PCM; autonomous swarm mobile robot application; distance estimation; obstacle avoidance; obstacle detection; pulse-code modulation digital scheme; short-range infrared communication system; Application software; Communication system control; Data communication; Infrared detectors; Mobile communication; Mobile robots; Optical fiber communication; Robot kinematics; Robot sensing systems; Robotics and automation; Communication; Infrared; Mobile robots; PCM; Swarm;
Conference_Titel :
2009 International Conference on Signal Processing Systems
Conference_Location :
Singapore
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3654-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICSPS.2009.88
