This thesis describes the work to make a portable ubiquitous device into a component in a networked robotic environment. The device can both control and be controlled in a robotic network as well as used to survey a robotic network. This is done by building upon existing software for making networked robotic components and use it on devices with the Android operating system. The software is the PEIS-kernel (Physically Embedded Intelligent System) middleware. The middleware makes it possible to build robotic components called PEIScomponents that can communicate, work together and share their resources and capabilities. The result of this work is three-fold, first a way to make devices with the Android operating system into PEIS-devices so that they can be used to control or be controlled as well as survey a PEIS-network.With this the Android device functionality can be used to extend the capabilities of an entire PEIS-network. Secondly, devices with Android get access to a simple and powerful way to exchange information with any device that is a PEIS-device. The third contribution is the capability to make humans a much more integral part of a PEIS-network as devices with Android are in general easy to use and familiar to humans. These devices will serve as a very good human - PEIS-network interaction tool.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:oru-20407 |
| Date | January 2011 |
| Creators | Ericsson, Peter |
| Publisher | Örebro universitet, Akademin för naturvetenskap och teknik |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf, application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess, info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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