Implementation of Distributed Mosaic Formation and Object Detection in Modular Robotic Systems

M. Shuja Ahmed, Reza Saatchi, Fabio Caparrelli

2013

Abstract

In reconfigurable modular robotics, when robot modules joins to form a robotic organism, they create a distributed processing environment in a unified system. This research builds on the efficient use of these distributed processing resources and presents the manner these resources can be utilised to implement distributed mosaic formation and object detection within the organism. The generation of mosaics provides surrounding awareness to the organism and helps it to localise itself with reference to the objects in the mosaics. Whereas, the detection of objects in the mosaic helps in identifying parts of the mosaic which needed processing.

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in Harvard Style

Ahmed M., Saatchi R. and Caparrelli F. (2013). Implementation of Distributed Mosaic Formation and Object Detection in Modular Robotic Systems . In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Pervasive Embedded Computing and Communication Systems - Volume 1: PECCS, ISBN 978-989-8565-43-3, pages 135-138. DOI: 10.5220/0004315301350138


in Bibtex Style

@conference{peccs13,
author={M. Shuja Ahmed and Reza Saatchi and Fabio Caparrelli},
title={Implementation of Distributed Mosaic Formation and Object Detection in Modular Robotic Systems},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Pervasive Embedded Computing and Communication Systems - Volume 1: PECCS,},
year={2013},
pages={135-138},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004315301350138},
isbn={978-989-8565-43-3},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Pervasive Embedded Computing and Communication Systems - Volume 1: PECCS,
TI - Implementation of Distributed Mosaic Formation and Object Detection in Modular Robotic Systems
SN - 978-989-8565-43-3
AU - Ahmed M.
AU - Saatchi R.
AU - Caparrelli F.
PY - 2013
SP - 135
EP - 138
DO - 10.5220/0004315301350138