Abstract
This paper presents an intelligent communication device called IDC (Intelligent Data Carrier) designed for local communication within a distributed system with multiple mobile robots. The IDC system is designed as a complement to an existing radio communication system. and is intended to decrease the need for global coordinative communication by providing distributed local inter-robot communication and a local information management function. The IDC system utilizes RF-ID (Radio Frequency Identification) electromagnetic wave transmission for communication, and the units are equipped with a data processing unit and a power unit to allow intelligent autonomous operation. As a result of the autonomy and the portability of the units, the IDC system does not only reduce the load on the global communication system, but it also provides a distribution of intelligent communication devices that enable a variety of interesting robot-environment communication capabilities. In a first example of utilization, the IDC system is used to replace the centralized control in an object transportation system consisting of multiple mobile robots.
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