Affiliation:
1. Department of Smart Vehicle Engineering, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Republic of Korea
Abstract
The efficient operation and interaction of autonomous robots play crucial roles in various fields, e.g., security, environmental monitoring, and disaster response. For these purposes, processing large volumes of sensor data and sharing data between robots is essential; however, processing such large data in an on-device environment for robots results in substantial computational resource demands, causing high battery consumption and heat issues. Thus, this study addresses challenges related to processing large volumes of sensor data and the lack of dynamic object information sharing among autonomous robots and other mobility systems. To this end, we propose an Edge-Driving Robotics Platform (EDRP) and a Local Dynamic Map Platform (LDMP) based on 5G mobile edge computing and Kubernetes. The proposed EDRP implements the functions of autonomous robots based on a microservice architecture and offloads these functions to an edge cloud computing environment. The LDMP collects and shares information about dynamic objects based on the ETSI TR 103 324 standard, ensuring cooperation among robots in a cluster and compatibility with various Cooperative-Intelligent Transport System (C-ITS) components. The feasibility of operating a large-scale autonomous robot offloading system was verified in experimental scenarios involving robot autonomy, dynamic object collection, and distribution by integrating real-world robots with an edge computing–based offloading platform. Experimental results confirmed the potential of dynamic object collection and dynamic object information sharing with C-ITS environment components based on LDMP.
Funder
Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology
Korea Government
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