Cloud robotics: architecture, challenges and applications

Guoqiang Hu, Wee Tay, Yonggang Wen
2012 IEEE Network  
We extend the computation and information sharing capabilities of networked robotics by proposing a cloud robotic architecture. The cloud robotics architecture leverages the combination of a virtual ad-hoc cloud formed by machine-to-machine (M2M) communications among participating robots, and an infrastructure cloud enabled by machine-to-cloud (M2C) communications. Cloud robotics utilizes elastic computing models, in which resources are dynamically allocated from a shared resource pool in the
more » ... oud, to support task offloading and information sharing in robotic applications. We propose communication protocols, and several elastic computing models to handle different applications. We discuss the technical challenges in computation, communications and security, and illustrate the potential benefits of cloud robotics in several applications.
doi:10.1109/mnet.2012.6201212 fatcat:x3yuzf3p6rf37h24vhzek6yrhy