You can envision a potential use of wireless technology in having robots with decentralized decision-making capability. Can you think of at least five applications? What are the limitations and how can you address them? Explain.
What will be an ideal response?
Some applications of robots in wireless networks are:
(a) Using robots to lay down optical .bre cables throughout the city. Robot works at a speed of 800 meters per day.
(b) Sending robots to outer space to collect useful space data. Extreme
atmospheric conditions prevent human presence.
(c) Using robots for the mapping of hostile terrain.
(d) Using robots to perform jobs in various industries.
(e) Forming a sensor network with robots and monitoring the environmental conditions.
(f) Installing cameras and sensors in the side mirrors to alert the driver of blind spots.
(g) Sensors to show what is exactly behind the vehicle to avoid collision.
(h) A camera that projects night vision images on a screen in the front panel.
(i) Sensors that measure the location of the driver’s eyes, then adjust the seat, pedals, console and steering wheel accordingly.
(j) Sensors on the front of your car detect another vehicle pulling in too closely in front of you and automatically adjust the cruise control speed downward.
(k) A wireless vehicle-to-vehicle warning system under development allows drivers to alert each other of road conditions up to a mile away.
(l) Sensors and instruments are used to measure road conditions and
environmental factors. This information is fed to decision-making software that will not only alert the driver to hazards in the vehicle’s forward path, but also adjust the car’s adaptive cruise control to slow down the vehicle.
(m) A heartbeat sensor that warns if someone is hiding in or left behind in the car.
(n) An array of sensors that recognize who is in a seat if a small child, for
example, the airbags are adjusted accordingly.
(o) Sensors detect when the driver falls asleep and wake him or her up with alarms. Or, the car does all the driving.
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