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Robots-aided participatory crowdsourcing with limited task budget

  • Bo Zhang
  • , Chi Harold Liu*
  • , Zheng Zhang
  • , Ziyu Ren
  • , Jian Ma
  • , Wendong Wang
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
  • Beijing Institute of Technology
  • Tsinghua University

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Abstract

Participatory Crowdsourcing System (PCS) is now an important source of information for big data applications. In PCS, required environmental parameters are collected and shared by ordinary citizens. And the limited range of human activities and limited power or capability of smart devices make the PCS facing a lot of problems. But the wide use of robots, such as Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), can effectively alleviate the current problems in PCS. Lots of precision sensors can be installed into the robots, which makes sensory data collected by robots more trustful. However, the power and data transmission capability of robots are also limited. Meanwhile, it is much more expensive to use robots than recruit human participants. Thus, it will be most useful and necessary to use robots in PCS, let the robots and human participants working together, rather than using robots to replace the human participants. Obviously, the cooperation of robots and human participants will also make PCS facing new challenges, such as how to use the least amount of robots to reduce costs, etc.. In this paper, we analyze the different application scenarios of robots-aided PCS, and propose possible solutions to the existing problems. Finally, we discuss possible future work for robots-aided PCS.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2016 IEEE 84th Vehicular Technology Conference, VTC Fall 2016 - Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781509017010
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2 Jul 2016
Externally publishedYes
Event84th IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, VTC Fall 2016 - Montreal, Canada
Duration: 18 Sept 201621 Sept 2016

Publication series

NameIEEE Vehicular Technology Conference
Volume0
ISSN (Print)1550-2252

Conference

Conference84th IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, VTC Fall 2016
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityMontreal
Period18/09/1621/09/16

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