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Recently, robots that can perform group operations have been developed. A space-division infrared wireless communication system has been designed, that is capable of detecting and locating other robots even if they are independently mobile. In addition, this communication system decides an arbiter that is a local temporary controller, taking advantage of the geometrical nature of the triangle that is formed by communication links between communicating partners. A geometric arbiter selection algorithm was proposed and the performance of the infrared receiver was tested. The result of the experiments agreed with all expectations of the space-division wireless communication system.
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Takai, H., Hara, H., Hirano, K., Yasuda, G., Tachibana, K. (2002). A Geometric Arbiter Selection Algorithm on Infrared Wireless Inter-robot Communication. In: Asama, H., Arai, T., Fukuda, T., Hasegawa, T. (eds) Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems 5. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-65941-9_7
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