6th International Workshop on Domain-Specific Languages and models for ROBotic systems, Hamburg, Deutschland

Abbrevation

DSLRob

Link

http://www.doesnotunderstand.org/public/DSLRob2015

City

Hamburg

Country

Germany

Deadline Paper

2015-08-15

Start Date

2015-09-28

End Date

2015-09-28

Abstract

After the overwhelming push towards the design of robotics software platforms (e.g. ROS, Orocos, SmartSoft, OpenRTM, etc.) we now need to make robotics programming and system integration as accessible as possible to application domain experts. Domain–Specific Languages (DSLs) and Model–driven Engineering (MDE) are emerging areas of interest in the robotics research community, which have been instrumental for resolving complex issues in a wide range of domains (e.g., AI, networked, distributed, service and modular robotics, automation, control, and vision) and have the potential for significantly facilitating how robots are programmed. A domain–specific language (DSL) is a programming language dedicated to a particular problem domain that offers specific notations and abstractions, which, at the same time, decrease the coding complexity and increase programmer productivity within that domain. Models offer a high–level way for domain users to specify the functionality of their system at the right level of abstraction. DSLs and models have historically been used for programming complex systems. They have however recently garnered interest as a separate field of study; this workshop investigates DSLs and models for robotics. Robotic systems blend hardware and software in a holistic way that intrinsically raises many crosscutting concerns (concurrency, uncertainty, time constraints, etc.), for which reason, traditional general–purpose languages often lead to a poor fit between the language features and the implementation requirements. DSLs and models offer a powerful, systematic way to overcome this problem. The DSLRob series of workshops is devoted to promoting the systematic use of DSLs in robotic systems; DSLRob is based on a combination of high–quality reviews and a format that ensures time for interactive discussions. The workshop will focus on the use of Domain–Specific Languages and Models for Robotic Systems. In more detail, topics that are of interest for the workshop include: – DSLs targeting specific application domains, such as service robots, automation, biomedical, autonomous vehicles (land, sea, air), and modular robots. – DSLs addressing specific technical challenges, such as system integration, AI, sensor/actuator networks, distributed and cloud robotics, perception, sensor information, human robot interaction, uncertainty, modeling of physical systems, and real–time constraints. – DSLs providing alternative programming models, such as reactive behaviors, composition of behaviors, motion description languages (MDL), and cooperative robotics. – Models to represent robotics software architectures and their variability. – Runtime models for reasoning and dynamic adaptation. – Surveys of the use of DSLs in specific subdomains of robotics. – Tool support and frameworks for describing and manipulating DSLs and models for robotic systems. – Code generation and code transformation for robotics systems. – Frameworks to combine DSLs and models in a uniform manner. – Case studies on the use of DSLs in advanced robotics systems. – Benchmarks to compare the use of DSLs versus the use of general–purpose programming languages. – Programming languages in the context of robotic systems, such as dynamic languages, languages to teach robotics, and visual languages.