ACT: Automated CPS Testing for Open-Source Robotic Platforms

TL;DR

ACT is a framework for automated, continuous testing of open-source cyber-physical systems on robotic platforms, integrated with existing infrastructure like GitHub, to improve software robustness.

Contribution

We introduce ACT, a novel automated testing framework specifically designed for open-source CPS robotics software, with a prototype and case study demonstrating its effectiveness.

Findings

Successfully implemented an ACT prototype for robotic CPS software.

Demonstrated continuous testing capabilities on an educational robotic platform.

Identified critical software errors that traditional testing might miss.

Abstract

Open-source software for cyber-physical systems (CPS) often lacks robust testing involving robotic platforms, resulting in critical errors that remain undetected. This is especially challenging when multiple modules of CPS software are developed by various open-source contributors. To address this gap, we propose Automated CPS Testing (ACT) that performs automated, continuous testing of open-source software with its robotic platforms, integrated with the open-source infrastructure such as GitHub. We implement an ACT prototype and conduct a case study on an open-source CPS with an educational robotic platform to demonstrate its capabilities.