Robotics DSL Zoo

Subdomain „Architectural Structures and Viewpoints“

Description of architectural structures and software designs in general by independent and orthogonal views. This discipline corresponds to the Section 2.3.1 in the SWEBOK.

Scenario Building

In the Scenario Building phase, environment features, constraints and characteristics are defined. Furthermore, the robot's task is defined. This includes the specification of customer acceptance tests to be performed in the specified and potentially generalized environment.

KeyTitleAuthorsYearFormalism
kunze2011towardsTowards semantic robot description languagesKunze, Lars and Roehm, Tobias and Beetz, Michael2011 OWL
noreils1995planPlan execution monitoring and control architecture for mobile robotsNoreils, Fabrice R and Chatila, Raja G1995 (E)BNF
Ciccozzi2016AdoptingAdopting MDE for Specifying and Executing Civilian Missions of Mobile Multi-Robot SystemsFederico Ciccozzi and Davide Di Ruscio and Ivano Malavolta and Patrizio Pelliccione2016
gritzner2018synthesizingSynthesizing Executable PLC Code for Robots from Scenario-Based GR(1) SpecificationsGritzner, Daniel and Greenyer, Joel2018

Functional Design

In the Functional Design phase, hardware requirements and top-level functionalities are derived based on the scenario definition. Furthermore, top-level functionalities are decomposed and dependencies among them are identified. Also an initial functional design stating which functionalities interact with each other is developed.

KeyTitleAuthorsYearFormalism
anderson2012rdisRDIS: Generalizing Domain Concepts to Specify Device to Framework MappingsAnderson, Monica and Bowman, Jason and Kilgo, Paul2012 ANTLR grammar
causse1993manA man machine interface for a mobile robotCausse, Olivier and Crowley, James L1993 (E)BNF
dhouib2012robotmlRobotml, a domain-specific language to design, simulate and deploy robotic applicationsDhouib, Saadia and Kchir, Selma and Stinckwich, Serge and Ziadi, Tewfik and Ziane, Mikal2012 UML/MOF
dittes2011intelligentIntelligent system architectures-comparison by translationDittes, Benjamin and Goerick, Christian2011
gherardi2014modelingModeling and reusing robotic software architectures: the hyperflex toolchainGherardi, Luca and Brugali, Davide2014 ecore
hochgeschwender2013modelA model-based approach to software deployment in roboticsHochgeschwender, Nico and Gherardi, Luca and Shakhirmardanov, Azamat and Kraetzschmar, Gerhard K and Brugali, Davide and Bruyninckx, Herman2013 ecore
jara2011ejs+Ejs+ EjsRL: An interactive tool for industrial robots simulation, Computer Vision and remote operationJara, Carlos A and Candelas, Francisco A and Gil, Pablo and Torres, Fernando and Esquembre, Francisco and Dormido, Sebasti\ an2011 other
nordmann2015modelingModeling of Movement Control Architectures based on Motion Primitives using Domain-Specific LanguagesArne Nordmann and Sebastian Wrede and Jochen J. Steil2015
ramaswamy2014saferobotsSafeRobots: A model-driven Framework for developing Robotic SystemsRamaswamy, Anand and Monsuez, Bruno and Tapus, Adriana2014 ecore
schlegel2010designDesign abstraction and processes in robotics: From code-driven to model-driven engineeringSchlegel, Christian and Steck, Andreas and Brugali, Davide and Knoll, Alois2010 UML/MOF
Ciccozzi2016AdoptingAdopting MDE for Specifying and Executing Civilian Missions of Mobile Multi-Robot SystemsFederico Ciccozzi and Davide Di Ruscio and Ivano Malavolta and Patrizio Pelliccione2016
ramaswamy2017extensibleAn Extensible Model-based Framework Development Methodology for Robotic SystemsRamaswamy, Arunkumar and Monsuez, Bruno and Tapus, Adriana2017
gritzner2018synthesizingSynthesizing Executable PLC Code for Robots from Scenario-Based GR(1) SpecificationsGritzner, Daniel and Greenyer, Joel2018

Platform Building

In the Platform Building phase, the robot hardware is determined. This includes the selection and potential configuration of robot's sensors and actuators meeting the requirements defined in the functional design phase.

KeyTitleAuthorsYearFormalism
anderson2012rdisRDIS: Generalizing Domain Concepts to Specify Device to Framework MappingsAnderson, Monica and Bowman, Jason and Kilgo, Paul2012 ANTLR grammar
bordignon2011generalizedGeneralized programming of modular robots through kinematic configurationsBordignon, Mirko and Stoy, Kasper and Schultz, Ulrik Pagh2011
causse1993manA man machine interface for a mobile robotCausse, Olivier and Crowley, James L1993 (E)BNF
hochgeschwender2014declarativeDeclarative Specification of Robot Perception ArchitecturesHochgeschwender, Nico and Schneider, Sven and Voos, Holger and Kraetzschmar, Gerhard K2014 ecore
jara2011ejs+Ejs+ EjsRL: An interactive tool for industrial robots simulation, Computer Vision and remote operationJara, Carlos A and Candelas, Francisco A and Gil, Pablo and Torres, Fernando and Esquembre, Francisco and Dormido, Sebasti\ an2011 other
nishiyama1998logicLogic specifications for multiple robots based on a current programming languageNishiyama, Hiroyuki and Ohwada, Hayato and Mizoguchi, Fumio1998 unknown
noreils1995planPlan execution monitoring and control architecture for mobile robotsNoreils, Fabrice R and Chatila, Raja G1995 (E)BNF
ramaswamy2014saferobotsSafeRobots: A model-driven Framework for developing Robotic SystemsRamaswamy, Anand and Monsuez, Bruno and Tapus, Adriana2014 ecore
ramaswamy2014solutionSolution space modeling for robotic systemsRamaswamy, Arun Kumar and Monsuez, Bruno and Tapus, Adriana2014 ecore
ringert2015languageLanguage and code generator composition for model-driven engineering of robotics component \& connector systemsRingert, Jan Oliver and Alexander, Roth and Bernhard, Rumpe and Andreas, Wortmann2015
gritzner2018synthesizingSynthesizing Executable PLC Code for Robots from Scenario-Based GR(1) SpecificationsGritzner, Daniel and Greenyer, Joel2018

Capability Building

In the Capability Building phase, basic and composite components are constructed up to the application-level and constraints for their deployment are specified. This also includes the specification and eventually generation of additional knowledge required for component execution such as knowledge bases and training data.

KeyTitleAuthorsYearFormalism
alonso2010v3cmmV3cmm: A 3-view component meta-model for model-driven robotic software developmentAlonso, Diego and Vicente-Chicote, Cristina and Ortiz, Francisco and Pastor, Juan and Alvarez, Barbara2010 ecore
anderson2012rdisRDIS: Generalizing Domain Concepts to Specify Device to Framework MappingsAnderson, Monica and Bowman, Jason and Kilgo, Paul2012 ANTLR grammar
bordignon2011generalizedGeneralized programming of modular robots through kinematic configurationsBordignon, Mirko and Stoy, Kasper and Schultz, Ulrik Pagh2011
bouzouia1998threeA three-layer workcell control architecture designBouzouia, Brahim and Guerroumi, Fawzi and Boukhezar, Abdelmalek1998 unknown
causse1993manA man machine interface for a mobile robotCausse, Olivier and Crowley, James L1993 (E)BNF
dhouib2012robotmlRobotml, a domain-specific language to design, simulate and deploy robotic applicationsDhouib, Saadia and Kchir, Selma and Stinckwich, Serge and Ziadi, Tewfik and Ziane, Mikal2012 UML/MOF
dittes2011intelligentIntelligent system architectures-comparison by translationDittes, Benjamin and Goerick, Christian2011
fleury1997gGenoM: A Tool for the Specification and the Implementation of Operating Modules in a Distributed Robot ArchitectureFleury, Sara and Herrb, Matthieu and Chatila, Raja1997 unknown
gherardi2014modelingModeling and reusing robotic software architectures: the hyperflex toolchainGherardi, Luca and Brugali, Davide2014 ecore
hochgeschwender2013modelA model-based approach to software deployment in roboticsHochgeschwender, Nico and Gherardi, Luca and Shakhirmardanov, Azamat and Kraetzschmar, Gerhard K and Brugali, Davide and Bruyninckx, Herman2013 ecore
hochgeschwender2014declarativeDeclarative Specification of Robot Perception ArchitecturesHochgeschwender, Nico and Schneider, Sven and Voos, Holger and Kraetzschmar, Gerhard K2014 ecore
hongxing2009componentA component based design framework for robot software architectureHongxing, Wei and Xinming, Duan and Shiyi, Li and Guofeng, Tong and Tianmiao, Wang2009 (E)BNF
jara2011ejs+Ejs+ EjsRL: An interactive tool for industrial robots simulation, Computer Vision and remote operationJara, Carlos A and Candelas, Francisco A and Gil, Pablo and Torres, Fernando and Esquembre, Francisco and Dormido, Sebasti\ an2011 other
kunze2011towardsTowards semantic robot description languagesKunze, Lars and Roehm, Tobias and Beetz, Michael2011 OWL
mallet2002specificationA specification of generic robotics software components: future evolutions of G en o M in the Orocos contextMallet, Anthony and Fleury, Sara and Bruyninckx, Herman2002 (E)BNF
mallet2010genom3GenoM3: Building middleware-independent robotic componentsMallet, Anthony and Pasteur, C\ edric and Herrb, Matthieu and Lemaignan, S\ everin and Ingrand, F\ elix2010 unknown
nishiyama1998logicLogic specifications for multiple robots based on a current programming languageNishiyama, Hiroyuki and Ohwada, Hayato and Mizoguchi, Fumio1998 unknown
nordmann2015modelingModeling of Movement Control Architectures based on Motion Primitives using Domain-Specific LanguagesArne Nordmann and Sebastian Wrede and Jochen J. Steil2015
noreils1995planPlan execution monitoring and control architecture for mobile robotsNoreils, Fabrice R and Chatila, Raja G1995 (E)BNF
pembeci2003functionalFunctional reactive programming as a hybrid system frameworkPembeci, Izzet and Hager, Gregory2003
ramaswamy2014saferobotsSafeRobots: A model-driven Framework for developing Robotic SystemsRamaswamy, Anand and Monsuez, Bruno and Tapus, Adriana2014 ecore
ramaswamy2014solutionSolution space modeling for robotic systemsRamaswamy, Arun Kumar and Monsuez, Bruno and Tapus, Adriana2014 ecore
schlegel2010designDesign abstraction and processes in robotics: From code-driven to model-driven engineeringSchlegel, Christian and Steck, Andreas and Brugali, Davide and Knoll, Alois2010 UML/MOF
steck2011managingManaging execution variants in task coordination by exploiting design-time models at run-timeSteck, Andreas and Schlegel, Christian2011
sun2012modelA model-driven approach to support engineering changes in industrial robotics softwareSun, Yu and Gray, Jeff and Bulheller, Karlheinz and von Baillou, Nicolaus2012
utz2005hierarchicalHierarchical behavior organizationUtz, Hans and Kraetzschmar, Gerhard and Mayer, Gerd and Palm, G\ unther2005 XSD
ringert2015languageLanguage and code generator composition for model-driven engineering of robotics component \& connector systemsRingert, Jan Oliver and Alexander, Roth and Bernhard, Rumpe and Andreas, Wortmann2015
gritzner2018synthesizingSynthesizing Executable PLC Code for Robots from Scenario-Based GR(1) SpecificationsGritzner, Daniel and Greenyer, Joel2018

System Deployment

In the System Deployment phase, top-level component(s) are packaged into a complete application system which defines a mapping of components and composites to computational units. Furthermore, features and procedures for system launch management are developed.

KeyTitleAuthorsYearFormalism
alonso2010v3cmmV3cmm: A 3-view component meta-model for model-driven robotic software developmentAlonso, Diego and Vicente-Chicote, Cristina and Ortiz, Francisco and Pastor, Juan and Alvarez, Barbara2010 ecore
bouzouia1998threeA three-layer workcell control architecture designBouzouia, Brahim and Guerroumi, Fawzi and Boukhezar, Abdelmalek1998 unknown
dhouib2012robotmlRobotml, a domain-specific language to design, simulate and deploy robotic applicationsDhouib, Saadia and Kchir, Selma and Stinckwich, Serge and Ziadi, Tewfik and Ziane, Mikal2012 UML/MOF
hochgeschwender2013modelA model-based approach to software deployment in roboticsHochgeschwender, Nico and Gherardi, Luca and Shakhirmardanov, Azamat and Kraetzschmar, Gerhard K and Brugali, Davide and Bruyninckx, Herman2013 ecore
mallet2002specificationA specification of generic robotics software components: future evolutions of G en o M in the Orocos contextMallet, Anthony and Fleury, Sara and Bruyninckx, Herman2002 (E)BNF
schlegel2010designDesign abstraction and processes in robotics: From code-driven to model-driven engineeringSchlegel, Christian and Steck, Andreas and Brugali, Davide and Knoll, Alois2010 UML/MOF
ringert2015languageLanguage and code generator composition for model-driven engineering of robotics component \& connector systemsRingert, Jan Oliver and Alexander, Roth and Bernhard, Rumpe and Andreas, Wortmann2015

Product Maintenance

In the Product Maintenance phase, the robot application is operated and maintained. This includes eventually the analysis of log files and the tuning of system parameters.

KeyTitleAuthorsYearFormalism
hochgeschwender2014declarativeDeclarative Specification of Robot Perception ArchitecturesHochgeschwender, Nico and Schneider, Sven and Voos, Holger and Kraetzschmar, Gerhard K2014 ecore
Ciccozzi2016AdoptingAdopting MDE for Specifying and Executing Civilian Missions of Mobile Multi-Robot SystemsFederico Ciccozzi and Davide Di Ruscio and Ivano Malavolta and Patrizio Pelliccione2016



An important DSL is missing? Here is how to contribute! When using content of the Robotics DSL Zoo or referring to it, pleace consider citing our survey paper:

@article{nordmann2016survey,
  author       = {Nordmann, Arne and Hochgeschwender, Nico and Wigand, Dennis Leroy and Wrede, Sebastian},
  journal      = {Journal of Software Engineering in Robotics (JOSER)},
  number       = {1},
  pages        = {75--99},
  title        = {{A Survey on Domain-Specific Modeling and Languages in Robotics}},
  volume       = {7},
  year         = {2016},
}
    

A. Nordmann, N. Hochgeschwender, D. Wigand and S. Wrede, “A Survey on Domain-Specific Modeling Languages in Robotics”, Journal of Software Engineering for Robotics (JOSER), 2016