Service-provider intelligent humanoid robot using TCP/IP and CORBA

Abstract

Ubiquitous and traditional service-provider platforms and frameworks are non-flexible and standardized. But ubiquitous environments are dynamic and variable. New service-provider platforms should be capable of handling such changing conditions. Specifically, a flexible and reliable network framework that adapts to various service components is necessary. Towards achieving this goal, this paper proposes a network-based intelligent humanoid robot (NBIHR) consisting of intelligent software components. The framework of an NBIHR requires reliable and stable network connection with real-time response between software components. In the developed service platform, intelligent software components work on the resources that are distributed in the network, and the NBIHR uses the results from the resources. In this way, the NBIHR is able to provide high-quality and intelligent service to users. In this framework, TCP/IP-based interface and middleware CORBA (Common Object Request Broker Architecture) are designed to integrate software components into an NBIHR system. The performance of the developed system is studied to demonstrate its effectiveness.