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Portable control device for networked mobile robots

Patent ·
OSTI ID:874676
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  1. Albuquerque, NM
  2. Edgewood, NM
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A handheld control device provides a way for controlling one or multiple mobile robotic vehicles by incorporating a handheld computer with a radio board. The device and software use a personal data organizer as the handheld computer with an additional microprocessor and communication device on a radio board for use in controlling one robot or multiple networked robots.

Research Organization:
SANDIA CORP
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000
Assignee:
Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, NM)
Patent Number(s):
US 6438456
OSTI ID:
874676
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (2)

MACS: An efficient multicast mechanism for radiopacket communication among multiple mobile robots conference January 1993
A wireless media access protocol (CSMA/CD-W) for mobile robot based distributed robotic systems conference January 1995

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