Cloud-Based Server for Robot Management

The goal of this project is to make robots running the ROS platform, and the servers running on them, more accessible to the users, without the need of reconfiguration after a change of network or the need of direct VPN connection, as well as with the emphasis on minimal software requirements for both users and robots. The result is an open-source application, which provides that. The solution is a reverse proxy server, put inbetween the clients and the servers running on robots - Dispatcher. For connection between clients and robots, two OpenVPN networks are used, and as a secure user interface, the existing system RMS is used and extended with Dispatcher interface. Among other things, Dispatcher collects information about all connected robots so a summary can be displayed. This set of software tools therefore allows an authorized user to connect to robots in various networks, without the need of other client software apart of OpenVPN client and web browser