Optimized Wireless Control and Telemetry Network for Mobile Soccer Robots
This addresses the need for reliable, fast communication in robotics applications like RoboCup, but it is incremental as it builds on existing wireless control systems.
The paper tackles the problem of providing low-latency wireless control and telemetry for mobile soccer robots, achieving message transmission in less than 4.5ms for six robots with telemetry enabled.
In a diverse set of robotics applications, including RoboCup categories, mobile robots require control commands to interact with surrounding environment correctly. These control commands should come wirelessly to not interfere in robots' movement; also, the communication has a set of requirements, including low latency and consistent delivery. This paper presents a complete communication architecture consisting of computer communication with a base station, which transmits the data to robots and returns robots telemetry to the computer. With the proposed communication, it is possible to send messages in less than 4.5ms for six robots with telemetry enables in all of them.