Abstract The Robot Operating System (ROS) is a popular and widely used software
framework for building robotics systems. With the growth of its popularity, it has started to be …

Mobile robots rely on wireless networks for sharing sensor data from remote missions. The
robot's spatial network quality will vary considerably across a given mission environment …

Localizing mobile robotic nodes in indoor and GPS-denied environments is a complex
problem, particularly in dynamic, unstructured scenarios where traditional cameras and …

Adaptive information-sampling approaches enable efficient selection of mobile robots'
waypoints through which the accurate sensing and mapping of a physical process, such as …

A reliable wireless connection between the operator and the teleoperated Unmanned
Ground Vehicle (UGV) is critical in many Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) missions …

A mobile robot's precise location information is critical for navigation and task processing,
especially for a multi-robot system (MRS) to collaborate and collect valuable data from the …

This paper proposes a framework to measure the important metrics (throughput, delay,
packet retransmits, signal strength, etc.) to determine Wi-Fi network performance of mobile …

Teleoperated Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs) are expected to play an important role in
future search and rescue operations. In such tasks, two factors are crucial for a successful …

The reliability of wireless communication in a network of mobile wireless robot nodes
depends on the received radio signal strength (RSS). When the robot nodes are deployed in …

Robotic tele-operation is essential for many dangerous applications, like inspection and
manipulation in human hazardous environments. Also, the current state of the art in robotic …