Web-Based Robot Programming Environment and Control Architecture

Abstract

We propose a novel web-based programming architecture for robots. The proposed system offers a web interface that allows users to type their robot control programs, so no development environments and tools need to be installed in the user's computer. From the web control panel, the user can also save, load and execute programs stored in the robot's memory. For the implementation we use a smart phone as the robot's main control computer, so the web server is embedded in the phone, which is fixed to the robot. The system allows different programming languages to be used and also takes advantage of sensors available in the phone.