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Wireless Robotic Components for Autonomous Vehicles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 November 2020

Juan Francisco Villa-Medina ,
Miguel Ángel Porta-Gándara  and
Joaquín Gutiérrez Open the ORCID record for Joaquín Gutiérrez [Opens in a new window]
Juan Francisco Villa-Medina
Affiliation:
Engineering Group, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste S.C., La Paz 23000, BCS, México E-mails: jfvilla@cibnor.mx, maporta@cibnor.mx
Miguel Ángel Porta-Gándara
Affiliation:
Engineering Group, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste S.C., La Paz 23000, BCS, México E-mails: jfvilla@cibnor.mx, maporta@cibnor.mx
Joaquín Gutiérrez*
Affiliation:
Engineering Group, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste S.C., La Paz 23000, BCS, México E-mails: jfvilla@cibnor.mx, maporta@cibnor.mx
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*Corresponding author. E-mail: joaquing04@cibnor.mx
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Summary

A versatile architecture is presented to implement autonomous vehicles. The focus idea consists of a set of standalone modules, called wireless robotic components wireless robotic components (WRCs). Each component performs a particular function by means of a radio modem interface, a processing unit, and a sensor/actuator. The components interact through a coordinator that redirects asynchronous requests to the appropriate WRCs, configuring a built-in network. The WRC architecture has been tested in marine and terrestrial platforms to perform tasks of waypoint and wall following. Results show that the tested system complies with adaptability and portability that allow conforming a variety of autonomous vehicles.

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Wireless robotic componentsAutonomous vehiclesDistributed architectureWireless network

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Robotica , Volume 39 , Issue 7 , July 2021 , pp. 1202 - 1215
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© The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press

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