Title:

TopBot: Automated network topology detection with a mobile robot

Author(s):

Blaer, Paul S.
Allen, Peter K.

Date:

2003

Type:

Articles

Department:

Computer Science

Permanent URL:

http://hdl.handle.net/10022/AC:P:15189

Book/Journal Title:

2003 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation : proceedings : September 14-19, 2003, the Grand Hotel, Taipei, Taiwan

Publisher:

IEEE

Publisher Location:

Piscataway, N.J.

Abstract:

We have demonstrated that a properly-equipped mobile robot can easily construct a detailed map of the wireless coverage of an urban environment. The Autonomous Vehicle for Exploration and Navigation of Urban Environments (AVENUE) mobile robot was successfully used to generate such maps in both manual and autonomous modes of operation. The resulting database contained a wealth of information for many different positions in the region, with a list of all access points viewable from each location together with a quality measure (the signal-to-noise ratio) of every detected signal. At a later time, the AVENUE system effectively used the data in this map to determine the approximate position of the robot as it traveled through the urban area.

Subject(s):

Robotics

DOI:

http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ROBOT.2003.1241820

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