DocumentCode :
1119944
Title :
Robotic sensor agents: a new generation of intelligent agents for complex environment monitoring
Author :
Petriu, Emil M. ; Whalen, Thom E. ; Abielmona, Rami ; Stewart, Alan
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Inf. Technol. & Eng., Ottawa Univ., Ont., Canada
Volume :
7
Issue :
3
fYear :
2004
Firstpage :
46
Lastpage :
51
Abstract :
Monitoring environment parameters is a complex task of great importance in many areas, such as the natural living environment; homeland security; industrial or laboratory hazardous environments (biologically, radioactively, or chemically contaminated); polluted/toxic natural environments; water treatment plants; nuclear stations; war zones; or remote, difficult-to-reach environments, such as the deep space or underwater. This article will discuss a new generation of intelligent, autonomous, wireless robotic sensor agents (RSAs) for complex environment monitoring. Shown in this article is the architecture of an RSA system under development in our laboratory at the University of Ottawa (see Petriu et al., p14-19, May 2002). Monitoring is done by continuously collecting sensory data from stationary and mobile RSAs deployed in the field.
Keywords :
environmental science computing; intelligent control; mobile robots; remotely operated vehicles; sensor fusion; software agents; wireless sensor networks; RSA architecture; autonomous RSA; biological contamination; chemical contamination; deep space; environment monitoring; homeland security; intelligent agents; laboratory hazardous environments; mobile RSA; natural living environment; nuclear stations; polluted environment; radioactive contamination; remote environment; robotic sensor agents; sensory data collecting; stationary RSA; toxic natural environment; underwater; war zones; water treatment plant; wireless RSA; Biosensors; Chemical and biological sensors; Chemical industry; Intelligent agent; Intelligent robots; Intelligent sensors; Nuclear power generation; Remote monitoring; Robot sensing systems; Service robots;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Instrumentation & Measurement Magazine, IEEE
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
1094-6969
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/MIM.2004.1337913
Filename :
1337913
Link To Document :
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