Survey and Preliminary Results on the Design of a Visual Light Communication System for Radioactive and Underwater Scenarios

Giovanni Napoli, José Avilés, Raúl Prades, Pedro Valero

2020

Abstract

The use of radio-frequency communication systems is very well known and also it is broadly used in the design of mobile robotics. In fact, it can be very well applied in rescue robotic systems, such as the ones that present smoke and fire. In radioactivity scenarios the robot might get problems to communicate, in the presence for example of magnets. Also, in underwater fields radio-frequency solutions need to improve the communication distance, while sonar systems present variable delays and limited bandwidth, which are difficulties to provide remote visual feedback to the operator. This paper states that field robotic systems, such as the ones in radioactivity and underwater scenarios, need to complement the current communication systems with multi-modal solutions, in order to enhance operation safety and reliability, while better adapting to the mission unexpected situations. For this, Visual Light Communication solutions have been studied in detail and a preliminary prototype, which is presented in this paper, has been designed. This prototype would need further work to be applied successfully in real radioactive and underwater scenarios, as stated in the conclusions.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Napoli G., Avilés J., Prades R. and Valero P. (2020). Survey and Preliminary Results on the Design of a Visual Light Communication System for Radioactive and Underwater Scenarios.In Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 1: ICINCO, ISBN 978-989-758-442-8, pages 529-536. DOI: 10.5220/0009889805290536

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icinco20,
author={Giovanni Napoli and José Avilés and Raúl Prades and Pedro Valero},
title={Survey and Preliminary Results on the Design of a Visual Light Communication System for Radioactive and Underwater Scenarios},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 1: ICINCO,},
year={2020},
pages={529-536},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0009889805290536},
isbn={978-989-758-442-8},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 1: ICINCO,
TI - Survey and Preliminary Results on the Design of a Visual Light Communication System for Radioactive and Underwater Scenarios
SN - 978-989-758-442-8
AU - Napoli G.
AU - Avilés J.
AU - Prades R.
AU - Valero P.
PY - 2020
SP - 529
EP - 536
DO - 10.5220/0009889805290536