ROS-based Robotic Applications Orchestration in the Compute Continuum: Challenges and Approaches

2023 International Workshop on the Cloud-Edge-IoT Continuum for Hyper-Distributed Applications and Services (CEICO)
With the adoption of robots growing in several industrial sectors (e.g., logistics, healthcare, agriculture) comes the experience that in "robotic applications" robots are but components of larger distributed systems and, despite their specific requirements and assumptions, should be integrated…

The Cloud-to-Edge-to-IoT Continuum as an Enabler for Search and Rescue Operations

2023 Future Internet, 15(2), 55 (Special Issue “Moving towards 6G Wireless Technologies”)
When a natural or human disaster occurs, time is critical and often of vital importance. Data from the incident area containing the information to guide search and rescue (SAR) operations and improve intervention effectiveness should be collected as quickly as possible and with the highest accuracy…