RFID mapping
April 29th, 2008 by rbanks
RFID-based robots come to the rescue
“rescue workers and robots can jointly apply RFID tags to buildings that have already been checked following a disaster, and write key information to the tags so other teams need only read them with PDAs to discern a particular building’s status, or to obtain a recommendation of where to proceed next. What’s more, as various teams and robots approach via differing paths and read the tags, data can be associated to calculate the tags’ location, and to generate a consistent map for use by the central command post. This is particularly useful, for example, if nearby building structures made of reinforced concrete obstruct GPS satellite signals from being read.”
RFID Journal
