Cooperative Robots and Sensor Networks 2015

✍ Scribed by Anis Koubâa, J.Ramiro Martínez-de Dios (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 274
• Series: Studies in Computational Intelligence 604
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book compiles some of the latest research in cooperation between robots and sensor networks. Structured in twelve chapters, this book addresses fundamental, theoretical, implementation and experimentation issues. The chapters are organized into four parts namely multi-robots systems, data fusion and localization, security and dependability, and mobility.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-vii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
COROS: A Multi-Agent Software Architecture for Cooperative and Autonomous Service Robots....Pages 3-30
Multi-robot Task Allocation: A Review of the State-of-the-Art....Pages 31-51
Efficient Trajectory Planning for WSN Data Collection with Multiple UAVs....Pages 53-75
Multi-robot Surveillance Through a Distributed Sensor Network....Pages 77-98
Front Matter....Pages 99-99
Exploiting Multi-hop Inter-beacon Measurements in RO-SLAM....Pages 101-119
A Distributed and Multithreaded SLAM Architecture for Robotic Clusters and Wireless Sensor Networks....Pages 121-141
A Particle Filter-Based Method for Ground-Based WSN Localization Using an Aerial Robot....Pages 143-158
Fundamental Limits of Self-localization for Cooperative Robotic Platforms Using Signals of Opportunity....Pages 159-181
Front Matter....Pages 183-183
Security in Mobile Wireless Sensor Networks: Attacks and Defenses....Pages 185-205
Dependable Communication for Mobile Robots in Industrial Wireless Mesh Networks....Pages 207-227
Front Matter....Pages 229-229
Automatic Merging of Vehicles: Design, Algorithms, Performance....Pages 231-255
A Survey on Data Collection in Mobile Wireless Sensor Networks (MWSNs)....Pages 257-278

✦ Subjects

Computational Intelligence; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics); Robotics and Automation