Wireless and Networked Robots

Wolfram Burgard, University of Freiburg
Ken Goldberg, UC Berkeley
Yasuharu Kunii, Chuo University

Abstract

The capability to wirelessly control robots is essential for applications ranging from automation to exploration. Wireless networks based on WiFi (802.11x) and related standards are rapidly expanding as technology improves and costs drop. What are the implications for robotics? Most of these standards are based on the Internet Protocol. What are the critical issues (eg, reliability, throughput, range, security)? This workshop will focus on communication and network issues, new applications, and proposed new wireless standards. We especially seek to address topics like the coverage of the environment with wireless networks or questions like how to maintain a communication infrastructure using a team of mobile robots. Furthermore we would like to cover aspects like localizing robots based on wireless networks or mapping network/access-point topologies with single robots or teams of robots. The workshop should attract interest from a range of areas, including cooperative mobile robots, Unmanned aerial robots, de-mining, Internet robots, robot soccer, rehabilitation robots and many others.

Topics

* Information fusion in networked robot systems
* New Protocols for Robot Communication
* Mapping and monitoring wireless networks
* Search and rescue, environment monitoring and protection.
* Man-machine interfaces, devices and environments.
* Multi-user applications and human-robot systems.
* Access methods and controls, guarded command and control.
* Internet robots in computer supported cooperative working.
* Quality of service guarantees.
* Safety and security.

Website
http://www.informatik.uni-freiburg.de/~burgard/ICRA-2004-workshop/

Registration

To attend this workshop, register for workshop T-WF-5 by advance registration deadline.

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