Spinning Sensors: Middleware for Robotic Sensor Network

Soko Aoki, Yukihiko Kirihara, Jin Nakazawa, Hideyuki Tokuda

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Abstract

This paper proposes Spinning Sensors, a middleware system for creating robotic sensor network applications. This middleware enables application programmers to easily write application software which utilizes both sensors and actuators in their network. In the Spinning Sensors model, a sensor node is attached to a robotic actuator to change its position and/or direction. The continuous position change enables the single robotic sensor node to cover greater sensing area and sensing time. This paper describes robotic sensor node model that the sensor and the actuator are attached together as one node, then present our design and implementation of the software which achieved both versatility and functionality simultaneously. We constructed three applications using the middleware: an environment monitoring, a radio control robot, and context-aware services. We show the result of experiment in which we utilized multiple robotic sensor nodes to monitor the environment.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 1st International Conference on Robot Communication and Coordination, RoboComm 2007
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
ISBN (Electronic)9789639799080
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2007
Event1st International Conference on Robot Communication and Coordination, RoboComm 2007 - Athens, Greece
Duration: 2007 Oct 152007 Oct 17

Publication series

NameACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Conference

Conference1st International Conference on Robot Communication and Coordination, RoboComm 2007
Country/TerritoryGreece
CityAthens
Period07/10/1507/10/17

Keywords

  • Actuators
  • Coordination
  • Middleware
  • Robotic Interactions with Sensors
  • Robotic Sensors
  • Sensor Network
  • Sensors

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Software
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Computer Networks and Communications

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