Robot Runner: A Tool for Automatically Executing Experiments on Robotics Software

Stan Swanborn; Ivano Malavolta

doi:10.1109/ICSE-Companion52605.2021.00029

Robot Runner: A Tool for Automatically Executing Experiments on Robotics Software

Stan Swanborn, Ivano Malavolta

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Abstract

Software is becoming the core aspect in robotics development and it is growing in terms of complexity and size. However, roboticists and researchers are struggling in ensuring and even measuring the quality of their software with respect to run-time properties such as energy efficiency and performance. This paper presents Robot Runner, a tool for streamlining the execution of measurement-based experiments involving robotics software. The tool is able to automatically setup, start, resume, and fully replicate user-defined experiments. Thanks to its plugin-based architecture, the tool is fully independent of the number, type, and complexity of the used robots (both real and simulated). GitHub repository - https://github.com/S2-group/robot-runner Youtube video - https://youtu.be/le-SAXI2k1.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2021 IEEE/ACM 43rd International Conference on Software Engineering: Companion Proceedings (ICSE-Companion)
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society
Pages	33-36
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Print)	9781665412193
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSE-Companion52605.2021.00029
Publication status	Published - 2021
Event	43rd IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering: Companion, ICSE-Companion 2021 - Virtual, Online, Spain Duration: 25 May 2021 → 28 May 2021

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Name	Proceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering
ISSN (Print)	0270-5257

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Conference	43rd IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering: Companion, ICSE-Companion 2021
Country/Territory	Spain
City	Virtual, Online
Period	25/05/21 → 28/05/21

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This research is partially supported by the Dutch Research Council (NWO) through the OCENW.XS2.038 grant.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This research is partially supported by the Dutch Research Council (NWO) through the OCENW.XS2.038 grant.

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Empirical software engineering
Robotics software
ROS

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Swanborn, S., & Malavolta, I. (2021). Robot Runner: A Tool for Automatically Executing Experiments on Robotics Software. In 2021 IEEE/ACM 43rd International Conference on Software Engineering: Companion Proceedings (ICSE-Companion) (pp. 33-36). (Proceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering). IEEE Computer Society. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSE-Companion52605.2021.00029

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Swanborn, S & Malavolta, I 2021, Robot Runner: A Tool for Automatically Executing Experiments on Robotics Software. in 2021 IEEE/ACM 43rd International Conference on Software Engineering: Companion Proceedings (ICSE-Companion). Proceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering, IEEE Computer Society, pp. 33-36, 43rd IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software Engineering: Companion, ICSE-Companion 2021, Virtual, Online, Spain, 25/05/21. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICSE-Companion52605.2021.00029

Robot Runner: A Tool for Automatically Executing Experiments on Robotics Software. / Swanborn, Stan; Malavolta, Ivano.
2021 IEEE/ACM 43rd International Conference on Software Engineering: Companion Proceedings (ICSE-Companion). IEEE Computer Society, 2021. p. 33-36 (Proceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering).

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Robot Runner: A Tool for Automatically Executing Experiments on Robotics Software

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