Recently sensor networks research demonstrated the potential of networked embedded devices as a way to pervasively instrument the physical world. We argue that the same class of devices can be highly valuable to pursue unforeseen developments in the robotics area, especially in the networked and ubiquitous robotics subdomains. Our main contributions are a platform for Networked Embedded Robotics and its supporting software. We believe it to be the first publicly available design that is built from cheap commercial, non specialized hardware, while at the same time retaining compatibility with the majority of existing solutions like standard motes.
Embedded Robotics
