De-Coupling for Re-Use in Design and Implementation Using Virtual Sensors

  • Authors:
  • Nigel Hardy;Aftab Ahmad

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Computer Science, University of Wales Penglais, Aberystwyth, UK. nwh@aber.ac.uk;Department of Computer Engineering, College of EME, Peshawar Road, Rawalpindi, Pakistan. amaroof@emenust.sdnpk.undp.org

  • Venue:
  • Autonomous Robots
  • Year:
  • 1999

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Abstract

ViSIAr (Virtual Sensor Integration Architecture) is an idealisedframework for building sensing subsystems of flexible assembly andother robotic systems. This paper considers how it supports the designand analysis phase, and might therefore support the exchange ofsoftware solutions to sensing problems, by clearly identifying the roleand function of software components and de-coupling them from specifichardware. Sensor usage models, specifications of what is to besensed and the way in which it is sensed, are proposed as the principalobjects suitable for design re-use and potentially for codere-use. Generally applicable classes of virtual sensor control models(which form part of sensor usage models) are presented.