NDLI: A personal robot for mechatronic application programmers. The role of automatic storage reclamation and programming languages in the lifetime of a safe mechatronic system

Content Provider	IEEE Xplore Digital Library
Author	Brega, R. Wullschleger, F.H.
Copyright Year	2001
Description	Author affiliation: Inst. of Robotics, Eidgenossische Tech. Hochschule, Zurich, Switzerland (Brega, R.)
Abstract	A software system can be called a safe-system with respect to dynamic memory, when it supports only strong-typing and it doesn't allow for the manual disposal of dynamic memory. The first aspect guarantees that untyped, potentially dangerous operations are caught by the compiler or by run-time checks. The second issue is solved by the utilisation of an automatic memory reclamation scheme, i.e., a garbage collector. We present the implementation of these strategies in the real-time operating system XO/2, and how they have contributed to the realisation of the Mobile Mail Distribution System MoPS, developed at the Institute of Robotics of the ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
Sponsorship	IEEE Ind. Electron. Soc. (IES)
Starting Page	905
Ending Page	910
File Size	666541
Page Count	6
File Format	PDF
ISBN	0780367367
DOI	10.1109/AIM.2001.936788
Language	English
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Publisher Date	2001-07-08
Publisher Place	Italy
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Rights Holder	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subject Keyword	Mechatronics Programming profession Application software Software systems Runtime Real time systems Operating systems Postal services Mobile robots Robotics and automation
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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A personal robot for mechatronic application programmers. The role of automatic storage reclamation and programming languages in the lifetime of a safe mechatronic system