OPENTECHNICAL PUBLICATION
OT-2026-000000285

Mobile platform systems and methods using mesh networks

Published: 2026-09-15T19:02:42.141208Z
Permanent URL: https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000000285
Categories: Sensors, Controls & Machine Vision > Industrial Control

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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.

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OpenTechnical publication OT-2026-000000285
Published 2026-09-15T19:02:42.141208Z
https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000000285