Energy efficiency in ROS communication: a comparison across programming languages and workloads.

Front Robot AI · 2025 · PMC11999854 · PMID 40242513

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highly significantp = 3.49 × 1 0 − 55actually significant

The Kruskal–Wallis test for different message intervals shows a highly significant difference for the C++ node, with p = 3.49 × 1 0 − 55 , and for the Python node, with p = 1.98 × 1 0 − 58 .

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an unexpected trendno p-value reported

An unexpected trend is observed for both languages, where power consumption and CPU usage decrease as the number of clients increases.

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a clear trendno p-value reported

For Python, the measurements are less predictable at high message frequencies (0.05-s and 0.1-s intervals) while we observe a clear trend for other message intervals, with power consumption increasing as the number of clients grows.

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