The vision of the Web of Things (WoT) aims to leverage Web standards in order to
interconnect all types of embedded devices and realworld objects, and thus to make them a …

In this work we present a user interface assisting non-expert users to design complex robot
behaviours, hence facilitating the deployment of robot-integrated applications. Due to the …

The ongoing evolution of computing devices, especially of embedded systems, introduces
new opportunities to enhance robotics software. The goal of this thesis is to develop a rapid …

ROS is an open-source robotic middleware for the large-scale development of complex
robotic systems. Although the research community is quite active in developing applications …

Advanced robotic systems are finally becoming a reality; following the increased attention
that robotics have attracted during the last few decades, new types of robotic applications …

The use of autonomous robots in both industry and every day life has increased significantly
in the recent years. A growing number of robots is connected to and operated from networks …

Robot Operating System (ROS) represents nowadays a defacto-standard for the prototyping
and development of software for robotics applications. It presents several software …

This chapter introduces the open-source software VIKI. VIKI is a software package that
eases the configuration of complex robotic systems and behavior by providing an easy way …

The development of effective user interfaces for an autonomous system can be quite difficult,
especially for devices that are to be operated in the field where access to standard computer …

The goal of this work is to provide hardware abstraction and intuitive operation modes to
decrease the development and implementation time of robotic platforms, thus allowing …