Real-Time Control with Linux: A Web Services Approach

The aim of the paper is to present an implementation of the already mature web services technology to the real-time world based on the project Linux RTAI which includes advanced tools for the integration of Computer Aided Control System Design environments. Within this context, RTAI-XML is a new server component executing within a RTAI domain that works as a bridge between a remote client application and a real-time process. The server exposes its methods and properties to the Internet using XML (eXtensible Markup Language) and a remote procedure call framework. The application contexts of the new platform range from control education to industrial applications.