NDLI: A more cost-effective unattended ground sensor using commercial off-the-shelf products

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Hempenius, K.A. Wilson, R.A. Kumar, M.J. Hosseini, N. Cordovez, M.E. Sherriff, M.S.
Copyright Year	2012
Description	Author affiliation: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Virginia (Wilson, R.A.) \|\| Department of Systems and Information Engineering at the University of Virginia (Hempenius, K.A.; Cordovez, M.E.) \|\| Department of Computer Science at the University of Virginia (Kumar, M.J.; Hosseini, N.; Sherriff, M.S.)
Abstract	The military is increasingly using sensors as part of its battlefield strategy. Sensors can be used as an alternative to placing soldiers in dangerous situations and the information that sensors collect helps leaders make better decisions. However, the cost of integrating these sensors into existing tactical networks has been a limiting factor in their adoption. Thus, the research team sought to use Android smartphones and Arduino microcontrollers, two commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) technologies, to create an inexpensive, "plug-and-play" interface to help relieve this issue. This interface was then demonstrated through the creation of a series of unattended ground vehicles (UGVs) that can be networked together in an ad-hoc wireless mesh network to collect sensor data from across an operational area. This project was broken down into two phases and the Agile development methodology was used throughout. During the first phase an interface between the Android phone and Arduino microcontroller was created and then integrated with sensors. During the second phase a robotics platform, path setting algorithm, and the ad-hoc wireless mesh network were developed. Collectively, this project demonstrated the feasibility of using open-source, commercially available parts to create unattended ground sensor (UGS) networks, thereby providing an alternative to current market offerings which are custom and proprietary in nature and therefore expensive and difficult to upgrade.
Starting Page	62
Ending Page	67
File Size	400627
Page Count	6
File Format	PDF
ISBN	9781467312851
e-ISBN	9781467312868
DOI	10.1109/SIEDS.2012.6215148
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2012-04-27
Publisher Place	USA
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Robot sensing systems Smart phones Testing Ad hoc networks Microcontrollers Educational institutions
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
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