Title: Time-Sensitive Networking for robotics,
Abstract: We argue that Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) will become the de facto
standard for real-time communications in robotics. We present a review and
classification of the different communication standards which are relevant for
the field and introduce the typical problems with traditional switched Ethernet
networks. We discuss some of the TSN features relevant for deterministic
communications and evaluate experimentally one of the shaping mechanisms in an
exemplary robotic scenario. In particular, and based on our results, we claim
that many of the existing real-time industrial solutions will slowly be
replaced by TSN. And that this will lead towards a unified landscape of
physically interoperable robot and robot components.