Integrated RFID System for Intralogistics Operations with Industrial Mobile Robots

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2025

Authors

Pacheco, FD (Author) Other; Rebelo, PM (Author) Other; Sousa, RB (Author) Other; Silva, MF (Author) Other; Mendonça, HS (Author) Other

Conference proceedings International

Title: 2025 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AUTONOMOUS ROBOT SYSTEMS AND COMPETITIONS, ICARSC

Pages: 124-131

2025 International Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions-ICARSC-Annual

Funchal, PORTUGAL, APR 02-03, 2025

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Authenticus ID: P-018-M97

DOI: 10.1109/icarsc65809.2025.10970172

Abstract (EN): Radio-Frequency IDentification (RFID) technologies automate the identification of objects and persons, having several applications in retail, manufacturing, and intralogistics sectors. Several works explore the application of RFID systems in robotics and intralogistics, focusing on locating robots, tags, and inventory management. This paper addresses the challenge of intralogistics cargo trolleys communicating their characteristics to an autonomous mobile robot through an RFID system. The robot must know the trolley's relative pose to avoid collisions with the surroundings. As a result, the passive tag on the cargo communicates information to the robot, including the base footprint of the trolley. The proposed RFID system includes the development of a controller board to interact with the frontend integrated circuit of an external antenna onboard the industrial mobile robot. Experimental results assess the system's readability distance in two distinct environments and with two different antenna modules. All the code and documentation are available in a public repository.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 8