Design and Implementation of a Network Robotic Framework Using a Smartphone-Based Platform

Abstract

With recent advances in robotics along with sensor technologies, robots have richer features and can be used in more diverse applications. However, onboard microcontrollers in robots often take full responsibility for processing data acquired from sensors, controlling actuators, and other tasks. This prohibits us from implementing complex algorithms in microcontrollers. To address this issue, we present a novel design of a network robotic framework using a smartphone-based robotic platform. The design was implemented using a smartphone as a network bridge to distribute computationally burdensome tasks into multiple networked computational resources, as well as, a sensor package that allows the mobile robot to navigate. One of the most practical benefits derived from the outsourced computations is the simplicity in a robot's design. This provides a sturdy robot that consumes less power. With interaction capabilities to networked resources, more diverse robotic applications can be developed. To demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed network robotic framework, several experiments were conducted for indoor localization and navigation using a novel smartphone-based robotic platform.

A Highly Reliable Communication System for Internet of Robotic Things and Implementation in RT-Middleware With AMQP Communication Interfaces

“…This diverse message routing capability has been applied as a control plane, a key element of network control in cloud services provided by NASA and Red Hat [8]. The network robotics framework implemented by J. Lim et al on smartphones is another example of how AMQP can be used successfully [18]. In AMQP, when multiple consumers are assigned to a message queue, messages are passed around to the consumers in a roundrobin order.…”