ReApp Store - A Semantic AppStore for Applications in the Robotics Domain.

Abstract

Many companies have a high demand for flexible and economical automation solutions. As the development of such is time-consuming and requires specialized knowledge this usually demands significant investments. The more or less isolated development also prevents sharing and reuse of applications. Due to this, using robot-based automation solutions is often not sensible for medium-sized companies. In order to enable a wider use of robot-based automation solutions in medium-sized companies, we present a common repository of robotics applications to facilitate their reuse. The repository provides a way to find the application one needs, for example based on the requirements of a specific use case and a given situation. The goal of our work is to develop a semantic AppStore with robotic applications (apps) that not only contains a catalog of robotic apps, but also comprises their semantic descriptions and provides semantic search for apps based on their capabilities and properties. This semantic repository of robotic apps is developed in the scope of the ReApp project [3], hence its name ReApp Store. The ReApp Store is implemented based on real-world requirements of the end-user partners of the project consortium with the purpose to offer real-world apps from the domain of robotics.