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RoboKube: Establishing a New Foundation for the Cloud Native Evolution in Robotics (2403.04440v1)
Published 7 Mar 2024 in cs.RO
Abstract: Cloud native technologies have been observed to expand into the realm of Internet of Things (IoT) and Cyber-physical Systems, of which an important application domain is robotics. In this paper, we review the cloudification practice in the robotics domain from both literature and industrial perspectives. We propose RoboKube, an adaptive framework that is based on the Kubernetes (K8s) ecosystem to set up a common platform across the device-cloud continuum for the deployment of cloudified Robotic Operating System (ROS) powered applications, to facilitate the cloud native evolution in robotics. We examine the process of modernizing ROS applications using cloud-native technologies, focusing on both the platform and application perspectives. In addition, we address the challenges of networking setups for heterogeneous environments. This paper intends to serves as a guide for developers and researchers, offering insights into containerization strategies, ROS node distribution and clustering, and deployment options. To demonstrate the feasibility of our approach, we present a case study involving the cloudification of a teleoperation testbed.
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