title: Mobile sensor networks for inspection tasks in harsh industrial environments.
abstract: Recent advances in sensor technology have enabled the fast development of mobile sensor networks operating in various unknown and sometimes hazardous environments. In this paper, we introduce one integrative approach to design, analyze and test distributed control algorithms to coordinate a network of autonomous mobile sensors by utilizing both simulation tools and a robotic testbed. The research has been carried out in the context of the mobile sensing project, PicoSmart, in the northern provinces of the Netherlands for the inspection of natural gas pipelines.
authors.affiliation: Logica, Eemsgolaan 1, P.O. box 70237, 9704 AE Groningen, the Netherlands. jacob.mulder@logica.com
authors.forename: Jacob
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mulder
authors.forename: Xinyu
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Franke
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ferwerda
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cao
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001185:Artificial Intelligence; D002623:Chemistry Techniques, Analytical / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D003198:Computer Simulation; D019652:Extraction and Processing Industry; D012371:Robotics / Q000295:instrumentation*