title: An Open Localization and Local Communication Embodied Sensor.
abstract: In this paper we describe a localization and local communication system which allows situated agents to communicate locally, obtaining at the same time both the range and the bearing of the emitter without the need of any centralized control or any external reference. The system relies on infrared communications with frequency modulation and is composed of two interconnected modules for data and power measurement. Thanks to the open hardware license under which it is released, the research community can easily replicate the system at a low cost and/or adapt it for applications in sensor networks and in robotics.
authors.affiliation: ETSI Telecomunicación, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Avd. Complutense S/N, 28040 Madrid, Spain. aguti@etsit.upm.es.
authors.forename: Alvaro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gutiérrez
authors.affiliation: IRIDIA, CoDE, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 50, Av. F. Roosevelt, CP 194/6, Brussels, Belgium. acampo@iridia.ulb.ac.be.
authors.forename: Alexandre
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Campo
authors.affiliation: IRIDIA, CoDE, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 50, Av. F. Roosevelt, CP 194/6, Brussels, Belgium. mdorigo@ulb.ac.be.
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dorigo
authors.affiliation: RBZ Robot Design S.L., Avd. Vía Láctea S/N, Local 30, C.M.E. San Fernando de Henares, 28830 Madrid, Spain. daniel@rbz.es.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Amor
authors.affiliation: European Centre for Soft Computing, C. Gonzalo Gutiérrez Quirós S/N, 33600 Asturias, Spain. luis.magdalena@softcomputing.es.
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Magdalena
authors.affiliation: ETSI Telecomunicación, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Avd. Complutense S/N, 28040 Madrid, Spain. felix.monasteriohuelin@upm.es.
authors.forename: Félix
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Monasterio-Huelin
keywords: Localization; embodied communication; local communication; range and bearing