[Context/ Motivation] A smart device is a software-intensive system, which operates autonomously and interacts to some degree with other systems over wireless connections (e.g., a iRobot Roomba vacuum cleaner). These systems are often faced with uncertainty in the environment. Runtime representations of requirements have recently gained more interested to deal with this challenge and the term r...

are turned upside down by innovations. The years of research on robotics and multiagent systems are coming together to provide just such a disruption to the material-handling industry. While autonomous guided vehicles (AGVs) have been used to move material within warehouses since the 1950s, they have been used primarily to transport very large, very heavy objects like rolls of uncut paper or en...

This paper explores the possibility of injecting mobility into wireless network infrastructure. We envision WiFi APs on wheels that move to optimize user performance. Movements need not be all around the floor, neither do they have to operate on batteries. As a first step, WiFi APs at home could remain tethered to power and Ethernet outlets while moving in small areas (perhaps under the couch)....

This article proposes a new planning navigation strategy for use with mobile terrestrial robots. The proposed algorithm is applicable in any point of the areas for tasks such as cleaning the floors of building, mowing and clearing mined areas. The strategy of this algorithm is analyzed and checked in conditions where the environment and the obstacles are known. There are various routing algorit...

The CREATE database is composed of 14 hours of multimodal recordings from a mobile robotic platform based on the iRobot Create. The various sensors cover vision, audition, motors and proprioception. The dataset has been designed in the context of a mobile robot that can learn multimodal representations of its environment, thanks to its ability to navigate the environment. This ability can also ...

The complexity and variety of household chores creates conflicting demands on the technical design of domestic robots. One solution for this problem is the coordination of several specialized robots based on the master-slave principle. One robot acts as a master system, tracking and remotely controlling the slave robots. This way, only the master robot needs to be equipped with sophisticated se...

This paper explores the possibility of injecting mobility into wireless network infrastructure. We envision WiFi access points on wheels that move to optimize user performance. Movements need not be all around the floor, neither do they have to operate on batteries. As a first step, WiFi APs at home could remain tethered to power and Ethernet outlets while moving in small areas (perhaps under t...

This paper explores the possibility of injecting mobility into wireless network infrastructure. We envision WiFi access points on wheels that move to optimize user performance. Movements need not be all around the floor, neither do they have to operate on batteries. As a first step, WiFi APs at home could remain tethered to power and Ethernet outlets while moving in small areas (perhaps under t...

The purpose of this essay is to look at the existing publications about domestic robots. Specifically those which are about security and privacy concerns and find possible reasons for the lack of papers in this research area. INTRODUCTION The industry as well as the academic world seem so agree that robots will become an integral part of our daily lives in the near future. Much of the early wor...

Introduction Mobile defense, rescue, and space robots are expected to operate in rough and unknown terrain, typically with the aid of human teleoperation. However, teleoperation alone cannot eliminate robots experiencing “locomotion errors,” such as when a robot’s leg, wheel, or body becoming trapped in a crevice. For example, NASA’s Mars rover Spirit became trapped in soft ground and could not...