Assessing challenges for implementing Industry 4.0: Implications for process safety and environmental protection

MA Moktadir, SM Ali, S Kusi-Sarpong… - Process safety and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Researchers and practitioners are giving significant attention to Industry 4.0 due to its
numerous benefits to manufacturing organizations. Several aspects of Industry 4.0 have …

Enforcing network connectivity in robot team missions

D Tardioli, AR Mosteo, L Riazuelo… - … Journal of Robotics …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
The growing interest in robot teams for surveillance or rescue missions entails new
technological challenges. Robots have to move to complete their tasks while maintaining …

RSSI-based relative localisation for mobile robots

L Oliveira, H Li, L Almeida, TE Abrudan - Ad Hoc Networks, 2014 - Elsevier
In this work, we develop an anchor-less relative localisation algorithm aimed to be used in
multi-robot teams. The localisation is performed based on the Received Signal Strength …

Real time communications over 802.11: RT-WMP

D Tardioli, JL Villarroel - … on mobile adhoc and sensor systems, 2007 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Ad-hoc networks usually support best-effort traffic and occasionally some kind of quality of
service (QoS). However, there are some applications, which generally involve cooperative …

A wireless multi-hop protocol for real-time applications

D Tardioli, D Sicignano, JL Villarroel - Computer Communications, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract Mobile Ad-hoc NETworks (MANETs) have been gaining increasing popularity in
recent years thanks to their ease of deployment and the low cost of their components. The …

A loose synchronisation protocol for managing rf ranging in mobile ad-hoc networks

L Oliveira, L Almeida, F Santos - Robot Soccer World Cup, 2011 - Springer
Robot motion coordination and cooperative sensing are nowadays two important and inter-
related components of multi-robot cooperation. Particularly, when concerning motion …

Multi-hop routing within TDMA slots for teams of cooperating robots

L Oliveira, L Almeida, P Lima - 2015 IEEE World Conference …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Small teams of cooperating robots have been shown to benefit from the increased reliability
of synchronised message exchanges provided by TDMA-based schemes. However, such …

A clockless synchronisation framework for cooperating mobile robots

L Oliveira, L Almeida, D Mossé - 2018 IEEE Real-Time and …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Cooperating mobile robots are real-time systems that often require mutual synchronisation,
either to carry out cooperative sensing and actuation, or to improve the quality of wireless …

Smart alert and intimation system for VIP (visually impaired person)

V Aarthi, CS Sre, MS Delfina, GS Arasi… - 2021 5th International …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
People with visual difficulties often rely on others and supporting technologies. Many aid
devices are currently available, including assistive cane, Electronic Travel Aid (ETA), etc …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-robot task allocation for service robotics: from unlimited to limited communication range

AR Mosteo - 2010 - dialnet.unirioja.es
Múltiples robots autónomos trabajando en un mismo entorno requieren nuevas
capacidades de decisión para ser de máxima utilidad: cuál es la mejor forma de abordar un …