roboBAN: A Wireless Body Area Network for Autonomous Robots

Lukas Gisin, Hans Dermot Doran, Juan-Mario Gruber

2016

Abstract

In this paper we describe a Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN) designed and implemented for an autonomous robot. We concentrate in particular on the ultra-low power radio aspects. We compare and contrast standard and proprietary solutions before deciding on a proprietary radio SoC in the 2.4 GHz. band. We describe the protocol implementation and tests on both a test jig and on the robot itself at sampling rates of up to 1 kHz. and conclude that the principle of a robot based WBAN works well. We also show that the proposed WBAN is suitable for connection by nodes employing energy harvesting.

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Gisin L., Doran H. and Gruber J. (2016). roboBAN: A Wireless Body Area Network for Autonomous Robots . In Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 2: ICINCO, ISBN 978-989-758-198-4, pages 49-60. DOI: 10.5220/0005968700490060


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@conference{icinco16,
author={Lukas Gisin and Hans Dermot Doran and Juan-Mario Gruber},
title={roboBAN: A Wireless Body Area Network for Autonomous Robots},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 2: ICINCO,},
year={2016},
pages={49-60},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005968700490060},
isbn={978-989-758-198-4},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 2: ICINCO,
TI - roboBAN: A Wireless Body Area Network for Autonomous Robots
SN - 978-989-758-198-4
AU - Gisin L.
AU - Doran H.
AU - Gruber J.
PY - 2016
SP - 49
EP - 60
DO - 10.5220/0005968700490060