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Authors
Isai Roman-Ballesteros; Carlos F. Pfeiffer

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.3182/20071002-MX-4-3906.00038

Page Numbers:
231-236

Index Terms
robotics,surveillance,fire detection

Abstract
In this paper we present the application of a framework that gives the bases to model necessary behaviors and functions of robotic agents for surveillance, that can be used in the implementation of a Robotic surveillance system. The framework includes a formal dfinition of Surveillance, a hierarchy of alarm events, a model of the surveillance environment using a 2 dimension space tessellation, a definition of sensors and surveillance agents, a model of the interactions among the agents, and formal definitions of different kinds of surveillance patrolling. The framework is applied to a case of study for a surveillance system for Indoors Fire Detection, using a heterogeneous sensor platform. The relevant surveillance events are identified and formally defined as discrete events for the experimental case. The definition is mapped to a Petri Net that manages the events to detect possible alarm states. Experimental setup, implementation and conclusions about the case of study are shown.

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