Abstract Context: Applying Microservices Architecture (MSA) in DevOps has received
significant attention in recent years. However, there exists no comprehensive review of the …

Market-based methods have received significant attention for solving the multi-robot task
allocation problem. They have been used in a variety of multi-robot scenarios, such as …

There is a growing interest in Behavior Trees (BTs) as a tool to describe and implement
robot behaviors. BTs were devised in the video game industry and their adoption in robotics …

Robots that support humans by performing useful tasks (aka, service robots) are booming
worldwide. In contrast to industrial robots, the development of service robots comes with …

Robots artificially replicate human capabilities thanks to their software, the main
embodiment of intelligence. However, engineering robotics software has become …

The field of software‐development effort estimation explores ways of defining effort through
prediction approaches. Even though this field has a crucial impact on budgeting and project …

Secondary studies review and compile data retrieved from primary studies and are
vulnerable to factors that threaten their validity as any other research method. Considering …

Featured Application Telepresence robot is useful for remote applications, healthcare and
remote sensing. Abstract Automation in the modern world has become a necessity for …

Mobile robots operate in various environments (eg aquatic, aerial, or terrestrial), they come
in many diverse shapes and they are increasingly becoming parts of our lives. The …

Robotic applications are typically realized using ad hoc and domain-specific solutions,
which challenges the engineering and cross-project reuse of such applications. Especially …