Wireless Sensor Network Based Navigation of Micro Flying Robots in the Industrial Internet of Things

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a wireless sensor network based safe navigation algorithm for micro flying robots in the industrial Internet of things (IIoT). A micro flying robot cannot be equipped with heavy obstacle detection sensors for local navigation. Therefore, in our method, a wireless sensor network consisting of three-dimensional range finder is used to detect the static and dynamic obstacles in an indoor industrial environment and navigate the micro flying robots to avoid any collisions with the obstacles. Only a path tracking controller is required for the micro flying robot and there is not any complex computation on the micro flying robot. It is an economical and efficient solution for multiple micro flying robots' navigation and management in the IIoT. The computer simulations confirm the expected performance of the proposed algorithm in static and dynamic environment with multiple micro flying robots.