HeROS: a miniaturised platform for research and development on Heterogeneous RObotic Systems

TL;DR

This paper introduces HeROS, a compact, cost-effective platform designed to facilitate research and development on heterogeneous robotic systems through easy testing and prototyping of various robot types.

Contribution

It presents a novel miniaturised physical platform that enables experiments with diverse robotic components, simplifying hardware testing and development.

Findings

Validated through multiple applications demonstrating platform versatility

Reduces costs and complexity in robotic system prototyping

Supports heterogeneous robot integration and testing

Abstract

Tests and prototyping are vital in the research and development of robotic systems. Work with target hardware is problematic. Hence, in the article, a low-cost, miniaturised physical platform is presented to deal with experiments on heterogeneous robotic systems. The platform comprises a physical board with tiles of the standardised base, diverse mobile robots, and manipulation robots. The number of exemplary applications validates the usefulness of the solution.