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publication_id: "OT-2026-000000285"
title: "Mobile platform systems and methods using mesh networks"
published_at: "2026-09-15T19:02:42.141208Z"
canonical_url: "https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000000285"
categories:
  - "sensors-controls-machine-vision/industrial-control"
keywords:
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# Mobile platform systems and methods using mesh networks

## Abstract

Systems and methods related to operating a mobile platform using mesh networks are disclosed. In one embodiment, a control station may have a user interface that displays nodes participating in a mesh network. The control station may provide the positions of the nodes using position information broadcasted from the nodes and received by the control station. A user may select a node in the user interface and enter a command to have a mobile platform interact with the node. The control station may send the command to the mobile platform and cause the mobile platform to establish a wireless connection to the node, subscribe to position information corresponding to the node and received from the node by the wireless connection, and operate the mobile platform in response to the position information of the selected node, such as by following the node, image tracking the node, or landing near the node.