Characteristics of middleware for networked collaborative robots

Nader Mohamed, Jameela Al-Jaroodi

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    Abstract

    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.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publication2008 International Symposium on Collaborative Technologies and Systems, CTS'08
    Pages524-531
    Number of pages8
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2008
    Event2008 International Symposium on Collaborative Technologies and Systems, CTS'08 - Irvine, CA, United States
    Duration: May 19 2008May 23 2008

    Publication series

    Name2008 International Symposium on Collaborative Technologies and Systems, CTS'08

    Other

    Other2008 International Symposium on Collaborative Technologies and Systems, CTS'08
    Country/TerritoryUnited States
    CityIrvine, CA
    Period5/19/085/23/08

    Keywords

    • Collaborative robotics
    • Middleware
    • Networked robots
    • Robot applications

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Software
    • Control and Systems Engineering

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