Middleware for robotics: A survey

2008 IEEE International Conference on Robotics, Automation and Mechatronics, RAM 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 736-742

  Mohamed, Nader ^a   Al Jaroodi, Jameela ^a   Jawhar, Imad ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Middleware; Robot system integration; Robots

Indexed keywords

APPLICATIONS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; INTEGRATION; MECHATRONICS; MIDDLEWARE; RANDOM ACCESS STORAGE; ROBOTS; SURVEYS; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

APPLICATION DEVELOPMENTS; COMPUTING SYSTEMS; CURRENT STATES; DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS; DO-MAINS; MIDDLEWARE PLATFORMS; MIDDLEWARE SERVICES; MIDDLEWARE SOLUTIONS; REAL WORLDS; ROBOT SYSTEM INTEGRATION; ROBOTIC DEVICES; ROBOTIC MODULES; TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESSES; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 58049094821     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/RAMECH.2008.4681485     Document Type: Conference Paper

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