Explorebots: a mobile network experimentation testbed

Authors:
Teresa A. Dahlberg;Asis Nasipuri;Craig Taylor
Affiliations:
University of North Carolina-Charlotte, Charlotte, NC;University of North Carolina-Charlotte, Charlotte, NC;Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX
Venue:
Proceedings of the 2005 ACM SIGCOMM workshop on Experimental approaches to wireless network design and analysis
Year:
2005

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Abstract

In this paper, we detail our development of Explorebots--expandable, vision- and sensor-equipped wireless robots built around MICA motes. We developed Explorebots as a dynamic outreach for an NSF-funded Girl Scouts project. We've extended the capabilities of Explorebots to comprise a mobile network experimentation testbed. The testbed will support experimental analysis of protocols for mobile multi-hop networks. The low-cost Explorebots enable repeatable experiments without complete reliance on human subjects for mobility.