A middleware to integrate robots, simple devices and everyday objects into an ambient ecology

Pervasive and Mobile Computing

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 522-541

  Rashid, Jayedur ^a   Broxvall, Mathias ^a   Saffiotti, Alessandro ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ambient ecology; Robot ecology; Robotics; Smart environments; Smart objects; Wireless sensor networks

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; MOBILE ROBOTS; ROBOTICS; SENSOR NODES; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

DISTRIBUTED ROBOTICS; INTEROPERATIONS; SMALL DEVICES; SMART ENVIRONMENT; SMART OBJECTS; UBIQUITOUS SENSING;

MIDDLEWARE;

EID: 84864283516     PISSN: 15741192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmcj.2012.06.003     Document Type: Article

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