Publication
A Teleoperation Testbed for Resilient Wireless Industrial Collaborative Robotics Evaluations
Jan Herbst; Jan Petershans; Eric Mittag; Matthias Rüb; Christian König; Hans Dieter Schotten
2025 IEEE 21st International Conference on Factory Communication Systems (WFCS), 6/2025.
Abstract
Robotics and teleoperation have become pivotal in modern industrial settings, offering robust solutions for enhancing operational flexibility and safety. By leveraging telerobotics, the presented real-world test environment investigates the intersection of resilient wireless communications and collaborative robotics, emphasizing the necessity of reliable, low-latency data transmission for real-time control and feedback. The test environment features two collaborative robots (cobots), a high-precision Motion Capture (MoCap) system for position tracking and localization, and a Digital Twin (DT) for collision prevention and visualization. Based on Robot Operating System 2 (ROS 2) and Docker, the system is highly customizable, providing a foundation for comprehensive digital twinning, Artificial Intelligence (AI) training, and evaluation of flexible multipath networking. The inherent demands of robotic teleoperation make it particularly suited for exploring resilience, security, and adaptability of wireless communication technologies and advanced (multipath) protocols in real-time and safety-critical applications. Integration and extensive testing of 5G and emerging 6G approaches, such as a decentralized Ultra-Reliable Low Latency Communication (dURLLC) system, demonstrate the environment’s capability to evaluate advanced wireless communication strategies under realworld conditions.