Towards an Open Testbed for Tactile Cyber Physical Systems

Towards an Open Testbed for Tactile Cyber Physical Systems

Polachan, K.P. (Indian Institute of Science)
Prabhakar, T. V. (Indian Institute of Science)
Singh, Chandramani (Indian Institute of Science)
Kuipers, F.A. (TU Delft Embedded Systems)

2019-05-09

In this paper, we consider Tactile Cyber Physical Systems (TCPS), which differ from typical CPS in that haptic sensory feedback is included. In particular, we design and implement a TCPS testbed, called TCPSbed, using well-defined components and interfaces glued together using APIs. In addition to real connections, our testbed supports the interconnection of components over an NS3-emulated network. The testbed also supports the integration of applications that mimic the behaviour of real-world embedded objects. Since controlling latency and ensuring stability is crucial for TCPS applications, the testbed includes tools for fine-grained characterization of latency and control performance. Finally, through proof-of-concept experiments with our testbed, we demonstrate TCPSbed's capabilities to facilitate TCPS research and development.

Haptic communications
Network latency
Step response
Tactile Internet

http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:2d65b8a3-c1ce-4857-b1cc-11a328b53c0d

https://doi.org/10.1109/COMSNETS.2019.8711100

IEEE, Piscataway

978-1-5386-7903-6

2019 11th International Conference on Communication Systems and Networks (COMSNETS)

11th International Conference on Communication Systems and Networks, COMSNETS 2019, 2019-01-07 → 2019-01-11, Bengaluru, India

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© 2019 K.P. Polachan, T. V. Prabhakar, Chandramani Singh, F.A. Kuipers