Collaborative multi-target tracking using networked micro-robotic vehicles

Subir Biswas; Sonny Gupta; Fan Yu; Tao Wu

doi:10.1117/12.717919

1 May 2007 Collaborative multi-target tracking using networked micro-robotic vehicles

Subir Biswas, Sonny Gupta, Fan Yu, Tao Wu

Proceedings Volume 6578, Defense Transformation and Net-Centric Systems 2007; 657812 (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.717919
Event: Defense and Security Symposium, 2007, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

This paper presents a collaborative target tracking framework, in which distributed mechanisms are developed for tracking multiple mobile targets using a team of networked micro robotic vehicles. Applications of such a framework would include detection of multi-agent intrusion, network-assisted attack localization, and other collaborative search scenarios. The key idea of the developed framework is to design distributed algorithms that can be executed by tracking entities using a mobile ad hoc network. The paper comprises the following components. First, the software and hardware architectural detail of a Swarm Capable Autonomous Vehicle (SCAV) system that is used as the mobile platform in our target tracking application is presented. Second, the details of an indoor self-localization and Kalman filter based navigation system for the SCAV are presented. Third, a formal definition of the collaborative multi-target tracking problem and a heuristic based networked solution are developed. Finally, the performance of the proposed tracking framework is evaluated on a laboratory test-bed of a fleet of SCAV vehicles. A detailed system characterization in terms localization, navigation, and collaborative tracking performance is performed on the SCAV test-bed. In addition to valuable implementation insights about the localization, navigation, filtering, and ad hoc networking processes, a number of interesting conclusions about the overall tracking system are presented.

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Subir Biswas, Sonny Gupta, Fan Yu, and Tao Wu "Collaborative multi-target tracking using networked micro-robotic vehicles", Proc. SPIE 6578, Defense Transformation and Net-Centric Systems 2007, 657812 (1 May 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.717919

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