roboBAN: A Wireless Body Area Network for Autonomous Robots

Lukas Gisin, Hans Dermot Doran, Juan-Mario Gruber

2016

Abstract

In this paper we describe a Wireless Body Area Network (WBAN) designed and implemented for an autonomous robot. We concentrate in particular on the ultra-low power radio aspects. We compare and contrast standard and proprietary solutions before deciding on a proprietary radio SoC in the 2.4 GHz. band. We describe the protocol implementation and tests on both a test jig and on the robot itself at sampling rates of up to 1 kHz. and conclude that the principle of a robot based WBAN works well. We also show that the proposed WBAN is suitable for connection by nodes employing energy harvesting.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Gisin L., Doran H. and Gruber J. (2016). roboBAN: A Wireless Body Area Network for Autonomous Robots . In Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 2: ICINCO, ISBN 978-989-758-198-4, pages 49-60. DOI: 10.5220/0005968700490060

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icinco16,
author={Lukas Gisin and Hans Dermot Doran and Juan-Mario Gruber},
title={roboBAN: A Wireless Body Area Network for Autonomous Robots},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 2: ICINCO,},
year={2016},
pages={49-60},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005968700490060},
isbn={978-989-758-198-4},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics - Volume 2: ICINCO,
TI - roboBAN: A Wireless Body Area Network for Autonomous Robots
SN - 978-989-758-198-4
AU - Gisin L.
AU - Doran H.
AU - Gruber J.
PY - 2016
SP - 49
EP - 60
DO - 10.5220/0005968700490060