A Software Suite for the Control and the Monitoring of Adaptive Robotic Ecologies

Adaptive robotic ecologies are networks of heterogeneous robotic devices (sensors, actuators, automated appliances) pervasively embedded in everyday environments, where they learn to cooperate towards the achievement of complex tasks. While their flexibility makes them an increasingly popular way to improve a system’s reliability, scalability, robustness and autonomy, their effective realisation demands integrated control and software solutions for the specification, integration and management of their highly heterogeneous and computational constrained components. In this extended abstract we briefly illustrate the characteristic requirements dictated by robotic ecologies, discuss our experience in developing adaptive robotic ecologies, and provide an overview of the specific solutions developed as part of the EU FP7 RUBICON Project

PEIS stol: autonomni robotski stol za kućanstva

There are two main trends in the area of home and service robotics. The classical one aims at the development of a single skilled servant robot, able to perform complex tasks in a passive environment. The second, more recent trend aims at the achievement of complex tasks through the cooperation of a network of simpler robotic devices pervasively embedded in the domestic environment. This paper contributes to the latter trend by describing the PEIS Table, an autonomous robotic table that can be embedded in a smart environment. The robotic table can operate alone, performing simple point-to-point navigation, or it can collaborate with other devices in the environment to perform more complex tasks. Collaboration follows the PEIS Ecology model. The hardware and software design of the PEIS Table are guided by a set of requirements for robotic domestic furniture that differ, to some extent, from the requirements usually considered for service robots.U uslužnoj robotici i robotici za kućanstva postoje dva glavna trenda. Klasičan pristup teži razvoju jednog složenog uslužnog robota koji je sposoban izvršavati složene zadatke u pasivnom okruženju. Dok drugi, nešto noviji pristup, teži rješavanju složenih zadataka kroz suradnju umreženih nešto jednostavnijih robota prožetih kroz cijelo kućanstvo. Ovaj članak svoj doprinos daje drugom pristupu opisujući PEIS stol, autonomni robotski stol koji se može postaviti u inteligentnom okruženju. Robotski stol može djelovati samostalno, navigirajući od točke do točke ili može surađivati s ostalim uređajima u okruženju radi izvršavanja složenijih zadataka. Ta suradnja prati PEIS ekološki model. Dizajn sklopovlja i programske podrške PEIS stola prati zahtjeve za robotsko pokućstvo koji se donekle razlikuju od zahtjeva koji se inače postavljaju za uslužne robote

The Internet of Robotic Things:A review of concept, added value and applications

The Internet of Robotic Things is an emerging vision that brings together pervasive sensors and objects with robotic and autonomous systems. This survey examines how the merger of robotic and Internet of Things technologies will advance the abilities of both the current Internet of Things and the current robotic systems, thus enabling the creation of new, potentially disruptive services. We discuss some of the new technological challenges created by this merger and conclude that a truly holistic view is needed but currently lacking.Funding Agency:imec ACTHINGS High Impact initiative</p

Network robot systems

This article introduces the definition of Network Robot Systems (NRS) as is understood in Europe, USA and Japan. Moreover, it describes some of the NRS projects in Europe and Japan and presents a summary of the papers of this Special Issue.Peer Reviewe