by Radu Bogdan Rusu, Alexis Maldonado, Michael Beetz and Brian Gerkey
Abstract:
Standardized middleware for autonomous robot control has proven itself to enable faster deployment of robots, to make robot control code more interchangeable, and experiments easier to replicate. Unfortunately, the support provided by current middleware is in most cases limited to what current robots do: navigation. However, as we tackle more ambitious service robot applications, more comprehensive middleware support is needed. We increasingly need the middleware to support ubiquitous sensing infrastructures, robot manipulation tasks, and cognitive capabilities. In this paper we describe and discuss current extensions of the Player/Stage/Gazebo (P/S/G) middleware, one of the most widespread used robot middlewares, of which we are active developers, that satisfy these requirements.
Reference:
Radu Bogdan Rusu, Alexis Maldonado, Michael Beetz and Brian Gerkey, "Extending Player/Stage/Gazebo towards Cognitive Robots Acting in Ubiquitous Sensor-equipped Environments", In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) Workshop for Network Robot Systems, 2007, April 14, Rome, Italy, 2007.
Bibtex Entry:
@InProceedings{Rusu07ICRA_NRS,
author = {Radu Bogdan Rusu and Alexis Maldonado and Michael Beetz and Brian Gerkey},
title = {{Extending Player/Stage/Gazebo towards Cognitive Robots Acting in Ubiquitous
Sensor-equipped Environments}},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation
(ICRA) Workshop for Network Robot Systems, 2007, April 14, Rome, Italy},
year = {2007},
abstract = {Standardized middleware for autonomous robot
control has proven itself to enable faster
deployment of robots, to make robot control code
more interchangeable, and experiments easier to
replicate. Unfortunately, the support provided
by current middleware is in most cases limited
to what current robots do: navigation. However,
as we tackle more ambitious service robot
applications, more comprehensive middleware
support is needed. We increasingly need the
middleware to support ubiquitous sensing
infrastructures, robot manipulation tasks, and
cognitive capabilities. In this paper we
describe and discuss current extensions of the
Player/Stage/Gazebo (P/S/G) middleware, one of
the most widespread used robot middlewares, of
which we are active developers, that satisfy
these requirements.},
bib2html_pubtype = {Refereed Workshop Paper},
bib2html_rescat = {Robotics},
bib2html_groups = {IAS},
}