A Model-Based Approach for Common Representation and Description of Robotics Software Architectures
Unlike conventional software, robotic software suffers from a lack of methods and processes that could systematize and facilitate development. Thus, the application of software engineering techniques is at the heart of current issues in robotics. The work presented in this paper aims to facilitate t...
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| description | Unlike conventional software, robotic software suffers from a lack of methods and processes that could systematize and facilitate development. Thus, the application of software engineering techniques is at the heart of current issues in robotics. The work presented in this paper aims to facilitate the development of robotic software and to facilitate communication between experts in the field through the use of software engineering techniques and methods. It proposes RsaML (Robotic Software Architecture Modeling Language), a Domain Specific Modeling Language (DSML) dedicated to robotics, which takes into account the different categories of robotic software architectures and makes it possible to describe the latter independently from the implementation platform. The conceptual model defining the terminology and the hierarchy of concepts used for the description and representation of robotic software architectures in RsaML are presented in this article. RsaML is defined through a meta-model which represents the abstract syntax of the language. The real-time properties of robotic software architectures are identified and included in the meta-model. The use of RsaML is illustrated through several experimental scenarios of the language: the definition of a robotic system and the description of its software architecture, the verification of the semantics of a robotic software architecture, and the modeling of a robotic system whose software architecture does not belong to the usual categories. The support tool used for implementations and experimentation is Eclipse Modeling Framework (EMF). The results of experimentation showed good working of the proposed solution and made it possible to validate the main concepts of the RsaML language. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e409d00476c643168a53ddf495b7f3652023-11-30T20:49:39ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172022-03-01126298210.3390/app12062982A Model-Based Approach for Common Representation and Description of Robotics Software ArchitecturesValery Marcial Monthe0Laurent Nana1Georges Edouard Kouamou2Faculty of Sciences, University of Yaounde 1, Yaounde P.O. Box 812, CameroonLab-STICC, UMR CNRS 6285, University of Brest, P.O. Box 29238 Brest, FranceNational Advance School of Engineering, Yaounde P.O. Box 337, CameroonUnlike conventional software, robotic software suffers from a lack of methods and processes that could systematize and facilitate development. Thus, the application of software engineering techniques is at the heart of current issues in robotics. The work presented in this paper aims to facilitate the development of robotic software and to facilitate communication between experts in the field through the use of software engineering techniques and methods. It proposes RsaML (Robotic Software Architecture Modeling Language), a Domain Specific Modeling Language (DSML) dedicated to robotics, which takes into account the different categories of robotic software architectures and makes it possible to describe the latter independently from the implementation platform. The conceptual model defining the terminology and the hierarchy of concepts used for the description and representation of robotic software architectures in RsaML are presented in this article. RsaML is defined through a meta-model which represents the abstract syntax of the language. The real-time properties of robotic software architectures are identified and included in the meta-model. The use of RsaML is illustrated through several experimental scenarios of the language: the definition of a robotic system and the description of its software architecture, the verification of the semantics of a robotic software architecture, and the modeling of a robotic system whose software architecture does not belong to the usual categories. The support tool used for implementations and experimentation is Eclipse Modeling Framework (EMF). The results of experimentation showed good working of the proposed solution and made it possible to validate the main concepts of the RsaML language.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/6/2982roboticssoftware engineeringmodel driven engineeringdomain specific languagesreal-time propertiesEclipse EMF |
| spellingShingle | Valery Marcial Monthe Laurent Nana Georges Edouard Kouamou A Model-Based Approach for Common Representation and Description of Robotics Software Architectures Applied Sciences robotics software engineering model driven engineering domain specific languages real-time properties Eclipse EMF |
| title | A Model-Based Approach for Common Representation and Description of Robotics Software Architectures |
| title_full | A Model-Based Approach for Common Representation and Description of Robotics Software Architectures |
| title_fullStr | A Model-Based Approach for Common Representation and Description of Robotics Software Architectures |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Model-Based Approach for Common Representation and Description of Robotics Software Architectures |
| title_short | A Model-Based Approach for Common Representation and Description of Robotics Software Architectures |
| title_sort | model based approach for common representation and description of robotics software architectures |
| topic | robotics software engineering model driven engineering domain specific languages real-time properties Eclipse EMF |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/6/2982 |
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