Abstract-Severe energy limitations, and a paucity of computation pose a set of difficult design challenges for sensor networks. Recent progress in two seemingly disparate research areas namely, distributed robotics and low power embedded systems has led to the creation of mobile (or robotic) sensor networks. Autonomous node mobility brings with it its own challenges, but also alleviates some of the traditional problems associated with static sensor networks. We illustrate this by presenting the design of the robomote, a robot platform that functions as a single mobile node in a mobile sensor network. We briefly describe two case studies where the robomote has been used for table top experiments with a mobile sensor network.
In REF the authors propose "RoboMotes" for contour tracking in a scenario where a single mobile node collaborates with a static sensor network for contour detection.
Robomote: enabling mobility in sensor networks
IPSN 2005. Fourth International Symposium on Information Processing in Sensor Networks, 2005.
IPSN 2005. Fourth International Symposium on Information Processing in Sensor Networks, 2005.
Computer Science