Mobile ad hoc network testbed using mobile robot technology

Muchtar, Farkhana and Abdullah, Abdul Hanan and Abd Wahab, Mohd Helmy and Ambar, Radzi and Hanafi, Hafizul Fahri and Ahmmad, Siti Nor Zawani (2018) Mobile ad hoc network testbed using mobile robot technology. Journal of Physics: Conference Series (JPCS), 1019. pp. 1-11. ISSN 1742-6588

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Abstract

MANET (Mobile Ad Hoc Network) researchers have shown increased interest in using mobile robot technology for their testbed platforms. Thus, the main motivation of this paper is to review various robot-based MANET testbeds that have been developed in previously reported research. Additionally, suggestions to heighten mobility mechanisms by using mobile robots to be more practical, easy and inexpensive are also included in this paper, as we unveils ToMRobot, a low-cost MANET robot created from an ordinary remote control car that is capable of performing a real system MANET testbed with the addition of only a few low-cost electronic components. Despite greatly reduced costs, the ToMRobot does not sacrifice any of the necessary MANET basic structures and will still be easily customizable and upgradeable through the use of open hardware technology like Cubieboard2 and Arduino, as its robot controller. This paper will also include guidelines to enable technically limited MANET researchers to design and develop the ToMRobot. It is hoped that this paper achieves its two pronged objectives namely (i) to facilitate other MANET researchers by providing them with a source of reference that eases their decision making for selecting the best and most suitable MANET mobile robots for real mobility in their MANET testbeds (ii) to provide MANET researchers with a prospect of building their own MANET robots that can be applied in their own MANET testbed in the future.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	NIL
Subjects:	T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery > TJ210.2-211.47 Mechanical devices and figures. Automata. Ingenious mechanisms. Robots (General)
Divisions:	Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering > Department of Electronic Enngineering
Depositing User:	Miss Afiqah Faiqah Mohd Hafiz
Date Deposited:	16 Nov 2021 03:58
Last Modified:	16 Nov 2021 03:58
URI:	http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/id/eprint/2890

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