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A Systematic Embedded Software Design Flow for Robotic Applications

Authors :

Navid Mahdian¹ Seyed-Hosein Attarzadeh-Niaki² Armin Salimi-Badr³

1- Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering, Shahid Beheshti University 2- Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering, Shahid Beheshti University 3- Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering, Shahid Beheshti University

Keywords :

Embedded Software, Design Flow, Robotics, Simulation, Gazebo, ROS, MATLAB/Simulink

Abstract :

This paper presents an end-to-end high-level design flow for development and testing of robotic embedded software. Our design flow’s well-organized steps aim to minimize the potential issues of the software before the final implementation as well as the total development time. The proposed design flow devises a clear interface between the mechanics/hardware and the controller/software teams and is capable of being used in a wide range of robotic applications. Using our design flow, controllers can be developed thoroughly without the necessity of code adjustment. We demonstrate the applicability of our design flow using a synthetic case study and a real-world in-house mobile robot.