A Space Unrestricted Multi-Robot Combat Internet of Things System

Omar Said, Mehedi Masud

Computer Science Department, Taif University, KSA.

DOI: 10.4236/ait.2012.23007                

Abstract

Multi-robot cooperation problem has received increasing attention in the research community and has been extensively studied from different aspects. Space constrain problem is a major issue for building a multi-robot system. This con- strain is a major hindrance for the efficient cooperation among robots in multi-robot applications. In this paper, we demonstrate a novel architecture of a multi-robot system without space restriction. Our architecture is based on the Internet of Things technology. We validated the proposed architecture using a case study considering a multi-robot combat application.

Keywords

Multi-Robot Systems; Internet of Things; RFID; Combat Applications

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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