He is a professional control systems engineer focusing on avionics systems and industrial control systems. His experience ranges from an autopilot design up to building a control system for a power plant.
He has written an article on software robotics platform wherein he describes the appllication of robotics in service industry, which was recently given an update
He quotes
"The cost of control software accounts for a large share of the overall cost of
a typical robotics project. For example, up to 80 percent of an industrial
automation project is spent on system integration, which includes software
development/customization. So, the main idea behind any robotics software
platform is to simplify the job of robotics software engineers -- and thus
reduce the project cost. "
He has discussed various platforms in his article like the URBI, Webots, OROCOS, iRobot microsoft robotics studio and skilligent all of them which help to develop the project.Microsoft robotics studio has been supported by many users while skilligent involves a" training the robot approach" instead of giving a runtime environment. He has also discussed webots and other platforms in his article. There are loads of them out there according to the application you want.
development in robotics will definitely help to run process plants better and efficiently and of course touch our own lives!!
you can get the complete article on "http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT9631072539.html"
