A novel visible light communication system for enhanced control of autonomous delivery robots in a hospital

2012 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration, SII 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 510-516

  Murai, Ryosuke ^a   Sakai, Tatsuo ^a   Kawano, Hajime ^b   Matsukawa, Yoshihiko ^b   Kitano, Yukihiko ^a   Honda, Yukio ^b   Campbell, Kenneth C ^c  

^a Panasonic Healthcare Corporation   (Japan)

^b PANASONIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c SAS Management Consulting   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC FAILURES; EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENTS; GPS SYSTEMS; KEY LOCATION; LED LIGHTS; MOBILE ROBOT SYSTEMS; NAVIGATIONAL SENSORS; OPERATIONAL FUNCTIONS; POSITION ACCURACY; ROBOT SYSTEM; SAFETY HAZARDS; TRANSPORTATION ROBOTS; VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATIONS; VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATIONS (VLC);

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; CONTROL SYSTEMS; HOSPITALS; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; LIGHTING; SENSORS;

ROBOTS;

EID: 84874283367     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SII.2012.6427311     Document Type: Conference Paper

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