The ZigBee Based Wireless Sensor and Actor Network in Intelligent Space Oriented to Home Service Robot

Fei Lu, Guo-Hui Tian

School of Control Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan, China.

DOI: 10.4236/ijcns.2012.55037                

Abstract

In the study of intelligent space oriented to home service robot, an important technology is how to construct an communication network which has the characters of high reliability and easy building. In this paper, based on the characteristics of ZigBee protocol, ZigBee technology is used to construct a wireless sensor and actor network. Several intelligent services based on ZigBee wireless sensor and actor network are shown to certify the reliability of this communication network. ZigBee wireless sensor and actor network builds an information bridge for the components in the intelligent space, the spatially distributed devices are connected together seamlessly. With this network, robot can share the mass information in the intelligent space and improve its performance with "light-packs", devices in intelligent space, such as lamp, curtain can be controlled autonomously.

Keywords

Intelligent Space; Home Service Robot; Wireless Sensor and Actor Network; ZigBee Technology

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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