Towards a Robust System-of-Systems Control Architecture for Robotics

Towards a Robust System-of-Systems Control Architecture for Robotics

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Towards a Robust System-of-Systems Control Architecture for Robotics

This paper presents the methodology and results of developing and implementing a system-of-systems architecture for controlling many robotic systems within the context of industrial facilities, where the life of the facility will be far longer than the life of the robotics, due to software updates and accelerated digital obsolescence. The use cases are the JET and ITER fusion research reactors. Remote maintenance is both device defining and mission critical for a future fusion reactor and we foresee the need to utilise a considerable number of robotic devices within an overall digital control architecture. The paper will explore the challenges of long term management of digital complexity using the real experience of JET over the last 20 years.

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Waste Management Symposia (WMS), Phoenix, USA, 18-22 March 2018