The robotics experience: Beyond components and middleware

IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 46-54

  Broten, Gregory S ^a   Mackay, David ^a   Monckton, Simon P ^a   Collier, Jack ^b  

^a DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Frameworks; Middleware; Robotic components; Rrobotic architectures; Software reusability

Indexed keywords

BASIC IDEAS; COMMON PROBLEMS; COMPLEX SYSTEMS; ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS; ENGINEERING FIELDS; FRAMEWORKS; INFORMATION HIDINGS; RESEARCH GROUPS; ROAD MAPS; ROBOTIC COMPONENTS; RROBOTIC ARCHITECTURES; SOFTWARE REUSABILITY; SOFTWARE REUSE; STANDARD COMPONENTS; STRUCTURED PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES;

INDUSTRIAL ROBOTS; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; MIDDLEWARE; REUSABILITY; ROBOTICS; SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE; STANDARDIZATION; STRUCTURED PROGRAMMING; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE REUSABILITY;

EID: 64049088460     PISSN: 10709932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MRA.2008.931632     Document Type: Article

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