Autonomous deployment and repair of a sensor network using an unmanned aerial vehicle

• DOI: 10.1109/robot.2004.1308811
• Publication Date: 2004-09-07T14:26:45Z
• Authors: P. Corke; S. Hrabar; R. Peterson; D. Rus; S. Saripalli; G. Sukhatme
• Keywords: 0209 industrial biotechnology; 02 engineering and technology

We describe a sensor network deployment method using autonomous flying robots. Such networks are suitable for tasks such as large-scale environmental monitoring or command and control in emergency situations. detail the algorithms used measuring connectivity provide experimental data we collected from field trials. A particular focus is on determining gaps of deployed generating plan second, repair, pass to complete connectivity. This project result collaboration between three robotics labs (CSIRO, USC, Dartmouth.).