The rising prospects of cloud robotic applications
Published 1 July 2013
Sándor Jordán, Tamás Haidegger, Levente Kovács, Imre Felde, Imre J. Rudas
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This paper provides a structured, systematic overview of the numerous definitions, concepts and technologies linked to Cloud Robotics and cloud technologies in a broader sense, and presents a roadmap for the near future, describing development trends and emerging application areas.
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Cloud Robotics is an emerging field within robotics, currently covering various application domains and robot network paradigms. This paper provides a structured, systematic overview of the numerous definitions, concepts and technologies linked to Cloud Robotics and cloud technologies in a broader sense. It also presents a roadmap for the near future, describing development trends and emerging application areas. Cloud Robotics may have a significant role in the future as an explicitly human-centered technology, capable of addressing the dire needs of our society.
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