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Ad-Hoc Communication and Localization System for Mobile Robots

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Robots exploring unknown territory cannot rely on fixed infrastructure for communication and localization purposes. Therefore an ad-hoc communication and localization system is required to provide such facilities. In this paper a solution for a radio based localization system is presented using a 2.4 GHz wireless radio transceiver based on Chirp Spread Spectrum (CSS) modulation, which allows distance measurements by evaluating the signal propagation delay. Using odometry data as additional information source a communication and positioning system is developed fulfilling ad-hoc demands.

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  1. System and Circuit Technology, Heinz Nixdorf Institute, University of Paderborn, Paderborn, Germany

    Bernd Neuwinger & Ulrich Rückert

  2. Electronics and Circuit Technology, South Westphalia University of Applied Sciences, Soest, Germany

    Ulf Witkowski

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea

    Jong-Hwan Kim

  2. Social Robotics Lab, Interactive Digital Media Institute, and Edutainment Robotics Lab Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, 117576, Singapore

    Shuzhi Sam Ge

  3. National University of Singapore, Singapore

    Prahlad Vadakkepat  & Abdullah Al Manum  & 

  4. Technische Universität Dortmund, Germany

    Norbert Jesse

  5. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 3, P.O. Box, 117576, Singapore

    Sadasivan Puthusserypady K

  6. Institut für Informatik/I12, Technische Universität München, Boltzmannstr. 3,, D-85748, Garching b. München, Germany

    Ulrich Rückert

  7. School of Software Engineering and Data Communications, Queensland University of Technology, P.O. Box, Brisbane, Australia

    Joaquin Sitte

  8. Heinz Nixdorf Institute, University of Paderborn, P.O. Box, Paderborn, Germany

    Ulf Witkowski

  9. Interactive & Digital Media Institute, National University of Singapore, Blk E3A #02-04, 7 Engineering Drive 1, 117574, Singapore

    Ryohei Nakatsu

  10. University of Manitoba, R3T 2N2, Winnipeg, MB, Canada

    Jacky Baltes

  11. Autonomous Agents Laboratory, Department of Computer Science, University of Manitoba, P.O. Box, R3T 2N2, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

    John Anderson

  12. Dept. of Education in Technology & Science, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, 32000, Haifa, Israel

    Igor Verner

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Neuwinger, B., Witkowski, U., Rückert, U. (2009). Ad-Hoc Communication and Localization System for Mobile Robots. In: Kim, JH., et al. Advances in Robotics. FIRA 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5744. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03983-6_26

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