Large scale MEMS robots cooperative map building based on realistic simulation of nano-wireless communications

Nicolas Boillot (1) , Dominique Dhoutaut (1) , Julien Bourgeois (1)

1 FEMTO-ST - Franche-Comté Électronique Mécanique, Thermique et Optique - Sciences et Technologies (UMR 6174)

The Claytronics project has produced interesting hardware components like cylindric micro-robots called catoms and software models to enable the concept of programmable matter. One application is the use of several catoms linked together so that they can " walk ". These walkers can explore an area and thanks to electromagnetic wireless nano-networks, they can communicate with each other sharing the map of the place to explore. In this paper, we study the different parameters influencing the transmission quality of the map to a sink which uses both traditional wireless and wireless nano-communication networks.

Mots clés: Micro-robot; Claytronics; Nano-wireless; Map building; Nano-wireless simulation; Vouivre

Domaines: Informatique [cs]

Nicolas Boillot, Dominique Dhoutaut, Julien Bourgeois. Large scale MEMS robots cooperative map building based on realistic simulation of nano-wireless communications. Nano Communication Networks, 2015, 6 (2), pp.51-73. ⟨10.1016/j.nancom.2015.01.004⟩. ⟨hal-01179780⟩