Architectural design of service-oriented robotic systems

Author(s)

Lucas Bueno Ruas de Oliveira

• Document type: Doctoral Thesis
• Press: São Carlos.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Ciências Matemáticas e de Computação (ICMC/SB)
• Defense date: 2015-06-30

Examining board members

Paulo Cesar Masiero; Thais Vasconcelos Batista; Flávia Coimbra Delicato; Khalil Drira; Flávio Oquendo; Rafael Capilla Sevilla

• Advisor: Elisa Yumi Nakagawa

Abstract

Robotics has experienced an increasing evolution and interest from the society in recent years. Robots are no longer produced exclusively to perform repetitive tasks in factories, they have been designed to collaborate with humans in several important application domains. Robotic systems that control these robots are therefore becoming larger, more complex, and difficult to develop. In this scenario, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) has been investigated as a promising architectural style for the design of robotic systems in a exible, reusable, and productive manner. Despite the existence of a considerable amount of Service-Oriented Robotic Systems (SORS), most of them have been developed in an ad hoc manner. The little attention and limited support devoted to the design of SORS software architectures may not only hamper the benefits of SOA adoption, but also reduce the overall quality of robotic systems, which are often used in safety-critical contexts. This thesis aims at improving the understanding and systematization of SORS architectural design. It describes a taxonomy of services for the robotics domain, as well as proposes a process and a reference architecture that systematize the design of SORS software architectures. Results achieved in the evaluation studies evidence that both process and reference architecture can positively impact on the quality of SORS software architectures and, as a consequence, contribute to the development of robotic systems. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 11/06022-0 - A contribution to the architectural design of robotic systems based on service-oriented architecture
• Grantee: Lucas Bueno Ruas de Oliveira
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate