A component-based C++ communication middleware for an autonomous robotic sailboat

Abstract

The new C++ standard, C++11, and its upgrade, C++14, introduces new advances and features which make more affordable and easier the development of software for complex systems. Following this tenet we have designed and developed a component-based service-oriented C++ middleware, called ISE, for distributed systems using exclusively standard C++ and the quasi standard C++ Boost Libraries for keeping the middleware portable. The final aim of developing ISE has been to build the remote communication software infrastructure of an oceanic autonomous robotic sailboat called A-Tirma.