A New Vision for Smart Objects and the Internet of Things: Mobile Robots and Long-Range UHF RFID Sensor Tags
Abstract
We present a new vision for smart objects and the Internet of Things wherein mobile robots interact with wirelessly-powered, long-range, ultra-high frequency radio frequency identification (UHF RFID) tags outfitted with sensing capabilities. We explore the technology innovations driving this vision by examining recently-commercialized sensor tags that could be affixed-to or embedded-in objects or the environment to yield true embodied intelligence. Using a pair of autonomous mobile robots outfitted with UHF RFID readers, we explore several potential applications where mobile robots interact with sensor tags to perform tasks such as: soil moisture sensing, remote crop monitoring, infrastructure monitoring, water quality monitoring, and remote sensor deployment.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- July 2015
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.1507.02373
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1507.02373
- Bibcode:
- 2015arXiv150702373W
- Keywords:
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- Computer Science - Robotics;
- I.2.9
- E-Print:
- 8 pages