Implementing cloud robotics for practical applications : from human-robot interaction to autonomous navigation / / Ricardo C. Mello, Moises R. N. Ribeiro, Anselmo Frizera

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910627258903321
• Autore: Mello Ricardo C.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2023]; ©2023
• ISBN: 3-031-16908-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (110 pages)
• Collana: Springer tracts in advanced robotics ; ; Volume 152
• Disciplina: 004.6782
• Soggetti: Cloud computing; Robotics; Human-robot interaction
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Series Editor's Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- 1 Introduction to Cloud Robotics -- 1.1 Empowering Robots Using the Cloud -- 1.2 Challenges in Developing Cloud Robotics -- 1.2.1 Enabling Requirements -- 1.2.2 Implementation Aspects and Reproducibility -- 1.3 Open Aspects -- 1.4 Scope of the Book -- References -- 2 Offloading Robots' Processing to the Cloud -- 2.1 Cloud-Enabled Cyber-Physical Systems -- 2.1.1 Human-Robot Interaction and Cloud Robotics in Healthcare -- 2.2 Requirements, Current Limitations, and Challenges -- 2.3 Case Study: Mobility Assistance Service Enabled by the Cloud -- 2.3.1 A Cloud-Enabled Assistive Robot: The CloudWalker -- 2.3.2 Virtual Trails for Mobility Assistance -- 2.3.3 Experiments -- 2.4 Discussion: Impacts of Cloud-Based HRI -- 2.5 Remarks -- References -- 3 Connectivity for Mobile Robots -- 3.1 Enabling Technologies for Cloud Robotics: Wireless Indoor Connectivity -- 3.2 A General Architecture for Cloud Robotics in Clinical Healthcare -- 3.3 Case Study: Re-designing the Virtual Trails Service -- 3.3.1 Experimentation and Results -- 3.4 Remarks -- References -- 4 Cloud-Robot Communication -- 4.1 Common Practices and Software: The Robot Operating System -- 4.2 The PoundCloud Communication Framework -- 4.3 Experimentation Platform: A ; Virtualized Testbed for Cloud Robotics -- 4.3.1 Robot Simulation -- 4.3.2 Network Emulation -- 4.3.3 Cloud Emulation -- 4.3.4 Case Study: Cloud-Enabled Autonomous Navigation -- 4.3.5 Results -- 4.4 Remarks -- References -- 5 A Common Methodology for Cloud Robotics Experimentation -- 5.1 Towards an Open Cloud Robotics Methodology -- 5.2 Robotic Platform for Experimentation -- 5.3 Cloud Platforms for Experimentation -- 5.4 Cloud-Based Services for Robotic Tasks -- 5.5 Case Study 1: Human-Robot Interaction -- 5.5.1 Follow-in-Front Service.; 5.5.2 Experimental Protocol -- 5.5.3 Results -- 5.6 Case Study 2: Autonomous Navigation -- 5.6.1 Autonomous Navigation Service -- 5.6.2 Experimental Protocol -- 5.6.3 Results -- 5.7 Discussion -- 5.8 Remarks -- References -- 6 Conclusions and Future Directions -- 6.1 Key Aspects of This Book -- 6.2 Opportunities for Cloud Robotics Research -- 6.3 Final Remarks -- References.