A ROS Gazebo plugin design to simulate RFID systems

Simulation, robotics, and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology have significant roles in the new industrial revolution and their applications are key aspects of making Industry 4.0 a reality. Developing efficient use cases in Industry 4.0 almost always requires accurate simulation tools...

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Autores: Alajami, Abdussalam A., Moreno, Guillem, Pous Andrés, Rafael
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10230/72437
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3204122
http://hdl.handle.net/10230/72437
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Industry 40
Inventory
KEONN
Retail
RFID plugin
RFID technology
Robotics
ROS
UAV
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spelling A ROS Gazebo plugin design to simulate RFID systemsAlajami, Abdussalam A.Moreno, GuillemPous Andrés, RafaelGazeboIndustry 40InventoryKEONNRetailRFID pluginRFID technologyRoboticsROSUAVSimulation, robotics, and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology have significant roles in the new industrial revolution and their applications are key aspects of making Industry 4.0 a reality. Developing efficient use cases in Industry 4.0 almost always requires accurate simulation tools to be used in the digital world. The problem of simulating RFID readers for robotics in environments where high populations of RFID tags exist is addressed in this paper. This paper will discuss the design of an RFID system plugin based on Robot Operating System (ROS) and Gazebo simulator and the probability-based model on which the plugin is based. To assess the performance of the proposed system model, the simulation results of the designed plugin are compared with experiments. We also prove that the proposed simulator is flexible enough to be used on any robot platform, including aerial and ground robots. We show initial results of the simulation of having an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and a Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) equipped with an RFID reader, navigating in an environment in which RFID tags have been placed. The robots will be reading tags in different map layouts using RFID antennas, with different orientations. We compare the simulation and experimental results in terms of the total unique tag readings vs. time, for various map-layouts. Finally, we show how this plugin can be used in robotics research by using it to simulate a novel, RFID-based stigmergic navigation strategy. We illustrate, the accurate navigation of the UAV using the proposed plugin.Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)2026202620222026info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/10230/72437http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3204122http://hdl.handle.net/10230/72437reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésIEEE Access. 2022;10:93921-32CCBY - IEEE is not the copyright holder of this material. Please follow the instructions via https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ to obtain full-text articles and stipulations in the API documentation.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:10230/724372026-05-29T05:05:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv A ROS Gazebo plugin design to simulate RFID systems
title A ROS Gazebo plugin design to simulate RFID systems
spellingShingle A ROS Gazebo plugin design to simulate RFID systems
Alajami, Abdussalam A.
Gazebo
Industry 40
Inventory
KEONN
Retail
RFID plugin
RFID technology
Robotics
ROS
UAV
title_short A ROS Gazebo plugin design to simulate RFID systems
title_full A ROS Gazebo plugin design to simulate RFID systems
title_fullStr A ROS Gazebo plugin design to simulate RFID systems
title_full_unstemmed A ROS Gazebo plugin design to simulate RFID systems
title_sort A ROS Gazebo plugin design to simulate RFID systems
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Alajami, Abdussalam A.
Moreno, Guillem
Pous Andrés, Rafael
author Alajami, Abdussalam A.
author_facet Alajami, Abdussalam A.
Moreno, Guillem
Pous Andrés, Rafael
author_role author
author2 Moreno, Guillem
Pous Andrés, Rafael
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Gazebo
Industry 40
Inventory
KEONN
Retail
RFID plugin
RFID technology
Robotics
ROS
UAV
topic Gazebo
Industry 40
Inventory
KEONN
Retail
RFID plugin
RFID technology
Robotics
ROS
UAV
description Simulation, robotics, and Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology have significant roles in the new industrial revolution and their applications are key aspects of making Industry 4.0 a reality. Developing efficient use cases in Industry 4.0 almost always requires accurate simulation tools to be used in the digital world. The problem of simulating RFID readers for robotics in environments where high populations of RFID tags exist is addressed in this paper. This paper will discuss the design of an RFID system plugin based on Robot Operating System (ROS) and Gazebo simulator and the probability-based model on which the plugin is based. To assess the performance of the proposed system model, the simulation results of the designed plugin are compared with experiments. We also prove that the proposed simulator is flexible enough to be used on any robot platform, including aerial and ground robots. We show initial results of the simulation of having an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and a Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) equipped with an RFID reader, navigating in an environment in which RFID tags have been placed. The robots will be reading tags in different map layouts using RFID antennas, with different orientations. We compare the simulation and experimental results in terms of the total unique tag readings vs. time, for various map-layouts. Finally, we show how this plugin can be used in robotics research by using it to simulate a novel, RFID-based stigmergic navigation strategy. We illustrate, the accurate navigation of the UAV using the proposed plugin.
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