TY - GEN
T1 - A Preliminary Experimental Study on Control Technology of Pipeline Robots based on Visible Light Communication
AU - Zhao, Wen
AU - Kamezaki, Mitsuhiro
AU - Yoshida, Kento
AU - Yama-Guchi, Kaoru
AU - Konno, Minoru
AU - Onuki, Akihiko
AU - Sugano, Shigeki
N1 - Funding Information:
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This research was supported in part by Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. and in part by the Research Institute for Science and Engineering, Waseda University.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 IEEE.
PY - 2019/4/25
Y1 - 2019/4/25
N2 - Pipeline inspection robots are recently expected to be deployed to pipelines with longer distance and more complex configuration. These robots require high performance in wireless communication among robots and outside. The radio frequency or infrared radiation frequency can be one of the promising wireless communication method, but they would have drawbacks in pipeline environments, such as electromagnetic interference and low energy efficiency. In this study, we focus on visible light communication (VLC), which has a high transmission rate, strong anti-interference capability, and large bandwidth, compared with the above methods. VLC also has an interesting feature that can simultaneously realize data communication and illuminating dark pipeline environment for pipe robot. As a preliminary study of VLC application, we developed a control system based on VLC for a wheeled robot, which includes a VLC transmitter and receiver. The transmitter and receiver can encode and decode the light signals. Finally, we tested the signal waveform of transmitter and receiver, and evaluate the performance of this system in real pipeline robot. The experimental results revealed that the proposed VLC system could achieve a reliable signal transmission and provide well control and illumination for the robot in the pipe.
AB - Pipeline inspection robots are recently expected to be deployed to pipelines with longer distance and more complex configuration. These robots require high performance in wireless communication among robots and outside. The radio frequency or infrared radiation frequency can be one of the promising wireless communication method, but they would have drawbacks in pipeline environments, such as electromagnetic interference and low energy efficiency. In this study, we focus on visible light communication (VLC), which has a high transmission rate, strong anti-interference capability, and large bandwidth, compared with the above methods. VLC also has an interesting feature that can simultaneously realize data communication and illuminating dark pipeline environment for pipe robot. As a preliminary study of VLC application, we developed a control system based on VLC for a wheeled robot, which includes a VLC transmitter and receiver. The transmitter and receiver can encode and decode the light signals. Finally, we tested the signal waveform of transmitter and receiver, and evaluate the performance of this system in real pipeline robot. The experimental results revealed that the proposed VLC system could achieve a reliable signal transmission and provide well control and illumination for the robot in the pipe.
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U2 - 10.1109/SII.2019.8700337
DO - 10.1109/SII.2019.8700337
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85065640743
T3 - Proceedings of the 2019 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration, SII 2019
SP - 22
EP - 27
BT - Proceedings of the 2019 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration, SII 2019
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2019 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration, SII 2019
Y2 - 14 January 2019 through 16 January 2019
ER -
