Walter, ChristophScholle, Julian-BenediktElkmann, Norbert2021-04-232021-04-2320192019http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13218-019-00581-6https://dl.gi.de/handle/20.500.12116/36229In this contribution, we explore real-time requirements of mobile manipulators, a class of intelligent robots, in the context of the ongoing fast-robotics ( https://de.fast-zwanzig20.de/industrie/fast-robotics/ ) project. The project aims at implementing such robots based on (edge-) cloud-services using wireless communication in order to make them more capable and efficient. Instead of trying to universally achieve hard real-time in such a system, we present a mixed real-time approach with an application centered fault tolerance scheme based on transition points and pre-computed alternate plans. We argue that deliberatively addressing uncertainties in timing is similarly important than handling uncertainties e.g. in perception for future intelligent robots.ArchitectureEdge computingReal-timeRoboticsTime-awareUltra-low-latencyWirelessText/Journal Article10.1007/s13218-019-00581-61610-1987