Navigation of Mobile Robots Using WSN's RSSI Parameter and Potential Field Method

In the current work we present an algorithmic proposal for mobile robot navigation using a Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) for the location of a mobile measuring station in a controlled microclimatic environment. Another point of consideration is determining the navigation strategy. Publications in this field of robotics offer a large number of localization methods, mainly focusing on two fields: navigating locally and globally. Navigating locally will determine the mobile robot’s position and orientation by implementing a series of sensors. Once we start from an initial position, the robot’s position and orientation are updated continuously through the given time frame. Global navigation will ensure that the robot is able to determine its own position and orientation without having previously studied a map or being given some specific information.

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