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This paper describes an information gathering system for indoor environment using a wireless sensor network (WSN) and a mobile robot, which is assumed to be applied in disaster areas. In this system, the mobile robot carries sensor nodes and deploys them onto the ground with measuring electric field strength, thereby enabling the WSN to be constructed and managed adaptively. When the WSN is disconnected by any causes, the mobile robot maintains the connection by setting additional nodes to suitable position. Utilizing proposed system, the mobile robot gathers environmental information from the WSN. The prototype system was developed and experiments were described to evaluate proposed method.
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Suzuki, T., Sugizaki, R., Kawabata, K., Hada, Y., Tobe, Y. (2009). Deployment and Management of Wireless Sensor Network Using Mobile Robots for Gathering Environmental Information. In: Asama, H., Kurokawa, H., Ota, J., Sekiyama, K. (eds) Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems 8. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-00644-9_6
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