Name
Abstract | ||
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Rapid prototyping is a key aspect for the development of innovative robotic applications. A modular, platform-based, approach is the way to obtain this result. Modular approaches are common for software development, but hardware is still crafted often re-inventing solutions every time. As a consequence, the resources that should be invested in the development of a new robot get often drained by the implementation of a physical, working prototype to test the application idea. To overcome this problem, we propose R2P (Rapid Robot Prototyping), a framework to implement real-time, high-quality architectures for robotic systems with off-the-shelf basic modules (e.g., sensors, actuators, and controllers), integrating hardware and software, which can be assembled in a plug-and-play way. R2P provides hardware modules, a protocol for real-time communication, a middleware to connect components as well as tools to support the development of software on the modules. R2P aims at dramatically reduce time and efforts required to build a prototype robot, making it possible to focus the resources on the development of new robotic applications instead of struggling on their implementation. This enables also people with experience in a specific application domain, but with little technical background, to actively participate in the development of new robotic applications. R2P is open-source both in its software and hardware to promote its diffusion among the robotics community and novel business models that will substantially reduce the costs to design a new robotic product. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2014 | 10.1016/j.robot.2013.08.009 | Robotics and Autonomous Systems |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
Modular robotics,Low-cost robotics,Off-the-shelf hardware components,Open hardware,Rapid robot prototyping | Middleware,Computer science,Simulation,Software,Self-reconfiguring modular robot,Modular design,Robotic paradigms,Open source hardware,Software development,Hardware architecture,Embedded system | Journal |
Volume | Issue | ISSN |
62 | 7 | 0921-8890 |
Citations | PageRank | References |
5 | 0.51 | 19 |
Authors | ||
4 | ||
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrea Bonarini | 1 | 623 | 76.73 |
| Matteo Matteucci | 2 | 641 | 80.97 |
| Martino Migliavacca | 3 | 10 | 2.82 |
| Davide Rizzi | 4 | 49 | 2.62 |