Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery in the Process of Developing Robotic Systems

Abstract

There are hundreds of companies out there that are bringing new solutions in the field of robotics and trying to get rid of a thousand problems they face. Nevertheless, most of their results do not leave the doors of the lab and remain without any decent attention from society. Institutions and companies require highly qualified personnel to accelerate the development of new solutions and products. High expenses deter broad masses from participating in this activity. It is not only the high price that keeps people away from being a part of the community but also a high entry level to the field. In our paper we consider an approach that makes the process of developing and integration of robotic systems faster and more accessible to the others. At first, the idea implies removing a technical barrier between science labs and other individuals. Secondly, all processes must be automatized by different tools to the greatest possible extent. As a result, we get a cloud web application where anyone can add or edit robotic systems algorithms. There are open technologies that can help us to implement this solution: virtualization, dockerization, web 3d simulator Gazebo, robot operation system (ROS).