Novel positioning system for mobile robot using RFID power control

Soo Hyeok Kang, Byung Cheol Min, Ji Hyeon Hong, Eric T. Matson, Soon Geul Lee, Jinung An, Dong Han Kim

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Abstract

This research proposes a method which can be applied into location recognition of mobile robots using patterns and the numbers of recognized tags. As passive RFID tags can only measure existence of tags that are located in a recognizable range of a RFID reader, the physical position of each tag cannot be measured; thus, in order to receive information about positions of tags, a proper method to measure the positions should be selected. Also, in a real environment, results differ from ideal results based on characteristics of antennas and surrounding environments, characteristics of tags. Thus, this paper discusses a method to estimate locations according to values of power control with passive RFID tags in a real environment. In an experiment, a UHF-900MHz RFID reader was utilized with placement of passive RFID tags on a floor; the power of the reader was controlled with 30 different levels. In this paper, the differences according to the levels will be discussed with details. This research can be applied to location recognition with RFID power control in a real environment.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvances in Autonomous Robotics - Joint Proceedings of the 13th Annual TAROS Conference and the 15th Annual FIRA RoboWorld Congress
Pages324-330
Number of pages7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012
EventJoint of the 13th Annual Conference on Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems, TAROS 2012 and the 15th Annual FIRA RoboWorld Congress - Bristol, United Kingdom
Duration: 20 Aug 201223 Aug 2012

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume7429 LNAI
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

ConferenceJoint of the 13th Annual Conference on Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems, TAROS 2012 and the 15th Annual FIRA RoboWorld Congress
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityBristol
Period20/08/1223/08/12

Keywords

  • RFID power control
  • location recognition
  • mobile robot
  • position recognition

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