TY - GEN
T1 - Characteristics of middleware for networked collaborative robots
AU - Mohamed, Nader
AU - Al-Jaroodi, Jameela
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - As technology advances in the communications and robotics fields and their main technologies, networked robots can offer a wide range of applications. Furthermore, most networked robotic systems consist of a collection of components (being multiple robots working together, multiple components working together within one robot or robots working with other external systems such as wireless sensor networks or servers). These components require cooperation and collaboration to achieve a common goal. However application development for such collaborative distributed systems composed of many robots with sensors, embedded computers, and human user is very difficult. Therefore, middleware services provide a novel approach offering many possibilities and drastically enhancing the development process and the overall functionalities needed for networked robotic systems. This paper surveys the current middleware characteristics in this domain. It discusses middleware challenges in networked robotic systems and presents some representative middleware solutions specifically designed for networked robots. Open issues in that domain are also discussed.
AB - As technology advances in the communications and robotics fields and their main technologies, networked robots can offer a wide range of applications. Furthermore, most networked robotic systems consist of a collection of components (being multiple robots working together, multiple components working together within one robot or robots working with other external systems such as wireless sensor networks or servers). These components require cooperation and collaboration to achieve a common goal. However application development for such collaborative distributed systems composed of many robots with sensors, embedded computers, and human user is very difficult. Therefore, middleware services provide a novel approach offering many possibilities and drastically enhancing the development process and the overall functionalities needed for networked robotic systems. This paper surveys the current middleware characteristics in this domain. It discusses middleware challenges in networked robotic systems and presents some representative middleware solutions specifically designed for networked robots. Open issues in that domain are also discussed.
KW - Collaborative robotics
KW - Middleware
KW - Networked robots
KW - Robot applications
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U2 - 10.1109/CTS.2008.4543973
DO - 10.1109/CTS.2008.4543973
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:51149108061
SN - 9781424422494
T3 - 2008 International Symposium on Collaborative Technologies and Systems, CTS'08
SP - 524
EP - 531
BT - 2008 International Symposium on Collaborative Technologies and Systems, CTS'08
T2 - 2008 International Symposium on Collaborative Technologies and Systems, CTS'08
Y2 - 19 May 2008 through 23 May 2008
ER -