Conceptual Propositions for Creation of Perspective Robotic Systems based on Platform-Modular Approach

Abstract

Intensive introduction of robotic systems is a modern priority for further automation of human activities. Recent theoretical and practical developments in robotics have made it possible to introduce robots in areas of practical activities previously dominated by humans. Modern trend in robotics is in creating state of the art robotic systems with increased autonomy and expanded functionality. This will allow to relieve human, leaving him supervision functions. An emerging task in robotics is also to create an environment, assisting to create and introduce new perspective robotic systems, also bearing modernization capability. This can be done through improving of modern approaches of creating robotic systems. We foresee necessity to change some of robots’ life-cycle stages, which would allow to rapidly introduce new effective robots into production. The article in its beginning studies some most emerging directions in robotics and new ideas for more effective robotic systems design. During this one should find a balance between introducing drastically new technologies in new robot and perfectioning already existing technologies. Authors propose to use so-called modular-platform based approach for creating new robots. Within it they imply typical structure of a robot, suggesting to use basic platform as a basement for building new robots with varying usefull load. In such case same platform can be used for building inspection robots, unmanned transport systems, unmanned retransmitter etc. The paper presents some already built examples of the approach. Final part of the paper discusses advantages given by application of this approach.