Gondola

A Parametric Robot Infrastructure for Repeatable Mobile Experiments: Demo Abstracts

Conference Paper (2016)
Author(s)

Marco Cattani (Graz University of Technology)

Ioannis Protonotarios (TU Delft - Embedded Systems)

Research Group
Embedded Systems
DOI related publication
https://doi.org/10.1145/2994551.2996531
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Publication Year
2016
Language
English
Research Group
Embedded Systems
Pages (from-to)
298-299
ISBN (print)
978-1-4503-4263-6

Abstract

When deploying a testbed infrastructure for Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs), one of the most challenging features is to provide repeatable mobility. Wheeled robots, usually employed for such tasks, strive to adapt to the wide range of
environments where WSNs are deployed, from chaotic office spaces to neatly raked potato elds. For this reason, wheeled robots often require an expensive customization step in order to adapt, for example, their localization and navigation systems to the specific environment. To avoid this issue, we
present Gondola, a parametric robot infrastructure based on pulling wires, rather than wheels. Gondola avoids the most common problems of wheeled robots and easily adapts to many WSNs' scenarios. Different from existing solutions, Gondola can easily move in 3-dimensional space, with no need of a complex localization system and with an accuracy that is comparable to o-the-shelf traditional robots.

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