Mobility Models for Collaborating Search and Rescue Robots

This seminar deliberates the challenges of using small, low-cost robotic nodes with limited processing capabilities in collaborative search and rescue. We have attempted to employ selfdesigned mobility models suited to the mobility patterns of such nodes. Mobility models have traditionally been used to represent movement patterns in Ad-hoc network devices like cell phones, laptops, etc. The study of these models provides invaluable information on network performance and traffic analysis. As more and more applications of robotics employ the use of wireless protocols, there is a need for mobility models better suited to the use of communicating mobile robotic nodes. This presentation gives an overview of traditional models and proposes new models befitting the mobility pattern of a number of robotic nodes collaborating with each other to perform a task. It is shown that slight variation in the conventional models can lead to the development of realistic movement patterns by incorporating obstacles and communication between the nodes.