Towards the Internet of Robotic Things: Analysis, Architecture, Components and Challenges
It addresses the interdisciplinary problem of merging IoT and robotics for researchers and developers, but is incremental as it builds on existing concepts.
The paper tackles the integration of robotics and Internet of Things (IoT) by analyzing the Internet of Robotic Things (IoRT) concept, providing an overview of its architecture, components, and challenges to bridge the two research communities.
Internet of Things (IoT) and robotics cannot be considered two separate domains these days. Internet of Robotics Things (IoRT) is a concept that has been recently introduced to describe the integration of robotics technologies in IoT scenarios. As a consequence, these two research fields have started interacting, and thus linking research communities. In this paper we intend to make further steps in joining the two communities and broaden the discussion on the development of this interdisciplinary field. The paper provides an overview, analysis and challenges of possible solutions for the Internet of Robotic Things, discussing the issues of the IoRT architecture, the integration of smart spaces and robotic applications.