Evaluating Control Strategies for Wireless-Networked Robots Using an Integrated Robot and Network Simulation. Ye, W., Vaughyan, R. T., Sukhatme, G. S., Heidemann, J., Estrin, D., & Matarić, M. J. In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, pages 2941–2947, Seoul, Korea, May, 2001. USC/Information Sciences Institute, IEEE.
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Wireless communication is an enabling factor in multiple mobile robot systems. There is signi cant interaction between robot controllers and communications sub-systems. We present a method for evaluating combined robot control/communication strategies for a team of wireless-networked robots performing a resource transportation task. Two alternative controller designs are compared under established communication and radio propagation models. For each we measure the over-all performance of the robot team including the cost of communication. The study illustrates how our evaluation tools can be used for designing controllers for robots operating in wireless communication environments.
@InProceedings{Ye01a,
	author = 	"Wei Ye and Richard T. Vaughyan and Gaurav
	 S. Sukhatme and John Heidemann and Deborah
	 Estrin and Maja J. Matari{\'c}",
	title = "Evaluating Control Strategies for
                   Wireless-Networked Robots Using an Integrated
                         Robot and Network Simulation",
	booktitle = 	"Proceedings of the " # " IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation",
	year = 		2001,
	sortdate = "2001-05-01",
	project = "ilense, scadds, conser, saman",
	jsubject = "sensornet_general",
	publisher =	"IEEE",
	address =	"Seoul, Korea",
	month =		may,
	pages =		"2941--2947",
	location =	"johnh: folder: pafiles",
	location =	"johnh: folder: xxx",
	keywords =	"networking and robotics, ns-2, arena, player/stage",
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	organization =	"USC/Information Sciences Institute",
	doi = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ROBOT.2001.933068",
	url =		"http://www.isi.edu/%7ejohnh/PAPERS/Ye01a.html",
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	pdfurl =		"http://www.isi.edu/%7ejohnh/PAPERS/Ye01a.pdf",
	abstract = "
Wireless communication is an enabling factor in multiple mobile robot
systems. There is signi cant interaction between robot controllers and
communications sub-systems. We present a method for evaluating
combined robot control/communication strategies for a team of
wireless-networked robots performing a resource transportation
task. Two alternative controller designs are compared under
established communication and radio propagation models. For each we
measure the over-all performance of the robot team including the cost
of communication. The study illustrates how our evaluation tools can
be used for designing controllers for robots operating in wireless
communication environments.
"	
}

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