Virtual pheromone-based approach for objects searching in RFID-based cyber-physical robotic systems

Abdelfetah Hentout; Allal Tiberkak; Abderraouf Maoudj; Lotfi Berkat; Abdelkrim Abeb

doi:10.1109/ICASS.2018.8652034

Virtual pheromone-based approach for objects searching in RFID-based cyber-physical robotic systems

Abdelfetah Hentout
, Allal Tiberkak
, Abderraouf Maoudj
, Lotfi Berkat
, Abdelkrim Abeb

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

5 Scopus citations

Abstract

This paper describes the use of the Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) technology to search for objects (products) by a set of Automated Guided Vehicles (AGV) evolving inside a 2D grid workspace cluttered with static obstacles (warehouse, etc For this aim, a number of RFID tags are deployed in order to be exploited by the robots carrying out their tasks. In addition, an interaction mechanism based on virtual pheromones to control the robots is described. Furthermore, a stigmergic search for objects of interest is presented; this indirect interaction mechanism is used to control the robots moving inside their workspace while spreading and reading pheromones. The simulation results show the effectiveness of the proposed approach and the minimization of the overall number of visited nodes.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 2018 International Conference on Applied Smart Systems, ICASS 2018
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9781538668665
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICASS.2018.8652034
State	Published - 2 Jul 2018
Externally published	Yes

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Name	Proceedings of the 2018 International Conference on Applied Smart Systems, ICASS 2018

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© 2018 IEEE.

Keywords

AGV
Digital pheromones
RFID-based cyber-physical robotic systems
Searching for objects
Warehouses

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Hardware and Architecture
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Hentout, A., Tiberkak, A., Maoudj, A., Berkat, L., & Abeb, A. (2018). Virtual pheromone-based approach for objects searching in RFID-based cyber-physical robotic systems. In Proceedings of the 2018 International Conference on Applied Smart Systems, ICASS 2018 Article 8652034 (Proceedings of the 2018 International Conference on Applied Smart Systems, ICASS 2018). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICASS.2018.8652034

Hentout, Abdelfetah ; Tiberkak, Allal ; Maoudj, Abderraouf et al. / Virtual pheromone-based approach for objects searching in RFID-based cyber-physical robotic systems. Proceedings of the 2018 International Conference on Applied Smart Systems, ICASS 2018. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2018. (Proceedings of the 2018 International Conference on Applied Smart Systems, ICASS 2018).

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Virtual pheromone-based approach for objects searching in RFID-based cyber-physical robotic systems. / Hentout, Abdelfetah; Tiberkak, Allal; Maoudj, Abderraouf et al.
Proceedings of the 2018 International Conference on Applied Smart Systems, ICASS 2018. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2018. 8652034 (Proceedings of the 2018 International Conference on Applied Smart Systems, ICASS 2018).

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Hentout A, Tiberkak A, Maoudj A, Berkat L, Abeb A. Virtual pheromone-based approach for objects searching in RFID-based cyber-physical robotic systems. In Proceedings of the 2018 International Conference on Applied Smart Systems, ICASS 2018. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2018. 8652034. (Proceedings of the 2018 International Conference on Applied Smart Systems, ICASS 2018). doi: 10.1109/ICASS.2018.8652034

Virtual pheromone-based approach for objects searching in RFID-based cyber-physical robotic systems

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