A ROS2 based communication architecture for control in collaborative and intelligent automation systems
This addresses communication issues for developers in industrial automation, but it is incremental as it builds on existing ROS2 technology.
The paper tackles communication challenges in large-scale collaborative automation systems by presenting a ROS2-based architecture, demonstrated through an industrial use-case.
Collaborative robots are becoming part of intelligent automation systems in modern industry. Development and control of such systems differs from traditional automation methods and consequently leads to new challenges. Thankfully, Robot Operating System (ROS) provides a communication platform and a vast variety of tools and utilities that can aid that development. However, it is hard to use ROS in large-scale automation systems due to communication issues in a distributed setup, hence the development of ROS2. In this paper, a ROS2 based communication architecture is presented together with an industrial use-case of a collaborative and intelligent automation system.