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Model-driven software development approaches in robotics research

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Arunkumar Ramaswamy,

Adriana TapusAuthors Info & Claims

MiSE 2014: Proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Modeling in Software Engineering

Pages 43 - 48

https://doi.org/10.1145/2593770.2593781

Published: 02 June 2014 Publication History

Abstract

Recently, there is an encouraging trend in adopting model-driven engineering approaches for software development in robotics research. In this paper, currently available model-driven techniques in robotics are analyzed with respect to the domain-specific requirements. A conceptual overview of our software development approach called 'Self Adaptive Framework for Robotic Systems (SafeRobots)' is explained and we also try to position our approach within this model ecosystem.

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