Reliable Robot Communication on Web Services

Masahiko Narita; Makiko Shimamura; Makoto Oya

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JRM Vol.18 No.1 pp. 36-43

doi: 10.20965/jrm.2006.p0036

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Reliable Robot Communication on Web Services

Masahiko Narita^, Makiko Shimamura^, and Makoto Oya^**

^*Fujitsu Limited, 2-15-16 Shinyokohama, Kouhoku-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa 222-0033, Japan

^**Hokkaido University, N14, W9, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0814, Japan

Received:

April 12, 2005

Accepted:

June 24, 2005

Published:

February 20, 2006

Keywords:

reliability, robot communication protocol, web services

Abstract

Remote-robot-control study and standardization have mainly focused on real-time mission-critical communication. As robot technology expands in non-industrial areas such as entertainment and home use, a more flexible communication is required to realize communication between robots and between robots and computers in open/public network space, which need not be real-time or mission-critical. The RoboLink Protocol, developed as a standardized protocol for such communication, is based on Web services technology to ensure flexibility. We discuss requirements for robot communication reliability, an important practical issue, especially in loosely coupled environments, wireless networks, and WANs. To ensure reliability, we propose combining two solutions: one for the transport layer using standard messaging technology and the other for the application layer implementing transaction behavior with recovery for fatal failures. We provide a guideline for developers on how to implement recovery easily in their applications. We confirmed the feasibility of our proposal using sample implementation developed as a plug-in handler for the Web server.

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M. Narita, M. Shimamura, and M. Oya, “Reliable Robot Communication on Web Services,” J. Robot. Mechatron., Vol.18 No.1, pp. 36-43, 2006.

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[1] [1] M. Narita, K. Naruse, and M. Oya, “RoboLink: A Robot Collaboration Protocol based on Web Services,” ICAM’04, JSME/No.05-204,
ISSN: 1348-8961, pp. 442-448, 2004.

[2] [2] M. Narita et al., “RoboLink Protocol Specification Public Draft v1.1,”
http://www.osl.fujitsu.com/osl/contents/RoboLink/RoboLinkProtocol11.pdf
(in Japanese).

[3] [3] M. Oya, K. Naruse, M. Narita, T. Okuno, M. Kinoshita, and Y. Kakazu, “Loose Robot Communication over the Internet,” Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics, Vol.16, No.6, pp. 626-634, 2004.

[4] [4] M. Oya, K. Naruse, M. Narita, T. Okuno, K. Moni, M. Kinoshita, and Y. Kakazu, “Loose Robot Collaboration in the Public Internet Environment,” ICAM’04, JSME/No.348-8961, ISSN: 1348-8961, pp. 454-461, 2004.

[5] [5] The Common Object Request Broker: Architecture and Specification Revision 2.3, June, 1999.
http://www.omg.org/docs/formal/98-12-01.pdf

[6] [6] M. Gudgin, M. Hadley, N. Mendelsohn, and J. Moreau, SOAP 1.2, W3C Recommendation, June, 2003.

[7] [7] OASIS Web Services Security (WSS V1.0).
http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-soap-message-security-1.0.pdf

[8] [8] Robot Service Initiative.
http://www.robotservices.org/

[9] [9] OASIS Web Services Reliability (WS-Reliability V1.1).
http://docs.oasis-open.org/wsrm/2004/06/WS-Reliability-CD1.086.pdf

[10] [10] RM4GS (Reliable Messaging for Grid Services), Informationtechnology Promotion Agency, Japan.
http://businessgrid.ipa.go.jp/rm4gs/index-en.html

[11] [11] Web Services Reliability Messaging Server, Center for E-Commerce Infrastructure Development (CECID).
http://www.cs.hku.hk/%7Efyp001/index.html

[12] [12] Project: Easy WS-Reliability.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/easywsrm/

[13] [13] Jetty.
http://jetty.mortbay.org/jetty/index.html

[14] [14] Java API for XML-based RPC (JAX-RPC1.1).
http://java.sun.com/xml/downloads/jaxrpc.html

Reliable Robot Communication on Web Services

Masahiko Narita*, Makiko Shimamura*, and Makoto Oya**

Masahiko Narita^, Makiko Shimamura^, and Makoto Oya^**