A RESTfull architecture for enabling rapid development and deployment of companion robot applications

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Source of Publication

2014 International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications, ICNC 2014

Publication Date

1-1-2014

Abstract

The need for companion robots is growing with the dual factors of an aging population and the limited infrastructure/social support. Robots capable of assisting people in daily tasks and providing various services represent part of the solution for the future. The lack of reusable platforms is a significant obstacle to such solutions. In this paper, we propose an architecture that can enable the development and deployment of companion robot applications to assist elderly and disabled people. The architecture consists of a set of components at different layers, ranging from low-level robotics services to end user application components. The multiple layers interact through RESTful web services. This architecture enables the development of a range of applications, and can deal with robots that have varying capabilities and hardware. © 2014 IEEE.

Publisher

IEEE Computer Society

First Page

971

Last Page

976

Disciplines

Computer Sciences

Keywords

Applications, Architecture, Companion robots, Elderly and disabled people, RESTful Web services

Scopus ID

84899552747

Indexed in Scopus

yes

Open Access

no

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