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A Survey on Domain-Specific Languages in Robotics

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Abstract

The design, simulation and programming of robotics systems is challenging as expertise from multiple domains needs to be integrated conceptually and technically. Domain-specific modeling promises an efficient and flexible concept for developing robotics applications that copes with this challenge. It allows to raise the level of abstraction through the use of specific concepts that are closer to the respective domain concerns and easier to understand and validate. Furthermore, it focuses on increasing the level of automation, e.g. through code generation, to bridge the gap between the modeling and the implementation levels and to improve the efficiency and quality of the software development process. Within this contribution, we survey the literature available on domain-specific (modeling) languages in robotics required to realize a state-of-the-art real-world example from the RoboCup@Work competition. We classify 41 publications in the field as reference for potential DSL users. Furthermore, we analyze these contributions from a DSL-engineering viewpoint and discuss quantitative and qualitative aspects such as the methods and tools used for DSL implementation as well as their documentation status and platform integration. Finally, we conclude with some recommendations for discussion in the robotics programming and simulation community based on the insights gained with this survey.

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  1. Cognitive Interaction Technology Excellence Cluster (CITEC), Bielefeld University, Germany

    Arne Nordmann & Sebastian Wrede

  2. Institute for Robotics and Cognition (CoR-Lab.), Bielefeld University, Germany

    Arne Nordmann & Sebastian Wrede

  3. Department of Computer Science, Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University, Germany

    Nico Hochgeschwender

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  1. Department of Engineering, Università degli Studi di Bergamo, Viale Marconi 5, 24044, Dalmine, Italy

    Davide Brugali

  2. Faculty EE-Math-CS, CTIT Institute, Robotics and Mechatronics Group, University of Twente, Room Carre 3437, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE, Enschede, The Netherlands

    Jan F. Broenink

  3. Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Stanford University, 94305-9010, Stanford, CA, USA

    Torsten Kroeger

  4. Faculty of Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Science Centre - Mathphysic, Level 2, University of Auckland, Room 303-249, 38 Princess Street, 1010, Auckland, New Zealand

    Bruce A. MacDonald

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Nordmann, A., Hochgeschwender, N., Wrede, S. (2014). A Survey on Domain-Specific Languages in Robotics. In: Brugali, D., Broenink, J.F., Kroeger, T., MacDonald, B.A. (eds) Simulation, Modeling, and Programming for Autonomous Robots. SIMPAR 2014. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 8810. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11900-7_17

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