This article by a researcher in Intel's Emerging Platforms Lab details some of Intel's current research into wireless, mobile robotics technology. A key goal of the effort is to efficiently combine two technologies — mobile robotics and wireless networks — so that mobile robots can serve as gateways into wireless sensor networks. The project has also created a robotics development package that includes a Linux-based open-source operating system along with open-source software drivers for robotics applications.

Additionally, Intel has released a test version of a technical library for building Bayesian networks, which will help advance the ability of robots to navigate their environments, and pilot systems based on Intel's open-source packages are already being deployed in a variety of flexible environments in agricultural, security, and military applications.

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