Value-Based Communication Preservation for Mobile Robots

Abstract

See, stats, and : https : / / www . researchgate. net / publication / 27536609 Value-Based Mobile Article DOI : 10 . 1007 / 978 - 4 - 431 - 35873 - 2_32 : OAI CITATIONS 24 READS 10 2 , including : Tucker Georgia 189 , 285 SEE All - text , letting . Available : Tucker Retrieved : 15 Summary . Value - Based Communication Preservation (VBCP) is a behavior - based , computationally efficient approach to maintaining line - of - sight RF communication between members of robot teams in the context of other tasks . The goal of VBCP is , at each time step , to reactively choose a direction in which to move that provides the best communication quality of service with the rest of the team . VBCP uses information about other robots , real - time quality of service measurements and an a priori map of the environment to approximate an optimal direction in an efficient manner . Here , VBCP maintains communication between members of a robotic team while traversing an urban environment in formation . Quantitative and qualitative results are demonstrated in simulation and physical robot teams .