Robots are complex to develop due to the diversity of hardware, software components and
the absence of common standards. To deal with these problems, Model-Driven Engineering …

Robotic systems are becoming pervasive and adopted in increasingly many domains, such
as manufacturing, healthcare, and space exploration. To this end, engineering software has …

Known attempts to build autonomous robots rely on complex control architectures, usually
implemented with the Robot Operating System (ROS). Runtime adaptation is needed in …

An ever-increasing number of robotic applications is being created based on the
functionalities and the communication facilities offered by the Robotic Operating System …

Abstract Model-driven engineering (MDE) addresses central aspects of robotics software
development. MDE could enable domain experts to leverage the expressiveness of models …

In principle, Model-Driven Engineering (MDE) addresses central aspects of robotics
software development. Domain experts could leverage the expressiveness of models; …

This work proposes an approach to generate automatically the embedded software for
distributed Cyber-Physical Systems implemented using the Robotic Operating System …

Robotic systems are becoming pervasive and adopted in increasingly many domains, such
as manufacturing, healthcare, and space exploration. To this end, engineering software has …

The benefits of using model-based technologies are well proven in different sectors.
However, in robotics, where the dominant framework is one whose nature is to create the …

We describe a novel navigation and control system designed for industrial unmanned
ground vehicles, utilizing the Robot Operating System (ROS). Our primary objective was to …