Robotics DSL Zoo

DSLs per Development Phase

One analysis to structure the domain is grouping the DSLs and their publications along the development phases they support.

The following chart shows the development phases and the numbers of publications we found respectively. This is intended to serve as a map for potential DSL users as well as foster discussion and reuse of languages and the underlying models for DSL developers.

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
System Benchmarking - In the System Benchmarking phase, certain test procedures targeting different quality attributes are performed such as stress testing, safety and security testing, reliability and durability testing, and performance testing.
Product Deployment - In the Product Deployment phase, an application is tailored to a specific robot system. This includes also the installation of maintenance instrumentation and a final target platform system testing.
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.