Improving position estimation accuracy of mobile robot by using UHF passive RFID tags

Sangdo Park, Taeho Kim, Hongchul Lee

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Abstract

This paper proposes a practical and improved position estimation method for real-industry application in localizing a mobile robot that is designed to move along a pre-defined path. The proposed method replaces the use of proximity sensors with much more economical UHF passive RFID tags to perform localization tasks. Considering that there is already a wide dissemination of RFID tags in various industries, the proposed method allows efficient and effective estimation of the position of a target mobile robot by using the already-present matrix of RFID tags as a reference point for localization. Particularly, the proposed method makes use of two readers with identical emission configurations attached to a mobile robot to identify a reference RFID tag. By utilizing the RSSI obtained by the readers from the reference RFID tag, the precise position of the moving robot can be obtained. The experiments prove the effectiveness achieved by the proposed method in improving the accuracy of robot position estimation.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationConvergence and Hybrid Information Technology - 5th International Conference, ICHIT 2011, Proceedings
Pages538-549
Number of pages12
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011
Event5th International Conference on Convergence and Hybrid Information Technology, ICHIT 2011 - Daejeon, Korea, Republic of
Duration: 2011 Sept 222011 Sept 24

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume6935 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Other

Other5th International Conference on Convergence and Hybrid Information Technology, ICHIT 2011
Country/TerritoryKorea, Republic of
CityDaejeon
Period11/9/2211/9/24

Keywords

  • Indoor positioning
  • Localization
  • Mobile robots
  • RFID tags
  • UHF antennas

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • Computer Science(all)

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