<s>
Rapyuta	B-General_Concept
is	O
the	O
online	O
database	O
for	O
the	O
RoboEarth	O
Cloud	O
Engine	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
platform	B-Application
as	I-Application
a	I-Application
service	I-Application
(	O
PaaS	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rapyuta	B-General_Concept
project	O
lead	O
was	O
Mohanarajah	O
Gajamohan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
Rapyuta	B-General_Concept
is	O
derived	O
from	O
the	O
Hayao	O
Miyazaki	O
's	O
anime	O
,	O
Castle	O
in	O
the	O
Sky	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
film	O
,	O
there	O
is	O
a	O
place	O
called	O
Rapyuta	B-General_Concept
,	O
which	O
was	O
inspired	O
by	O
Jonathan	O
Swift	O
's	O
island	O
of	O
Laputa	O
,	O
where	O
all	O
robots	O
live	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
simple	O
terms	O
,	O
Rapyuta	B-General_Concept
is	O
considered	O
an	O
online	O
brain	O
that	O
describes	O
unfamiliar	O
objects	O
to	O
robots	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aside	O
from	O
helping	O
users	O
send	O
their	O
application	O
to	O
the	O
cloud	O
for	O
processing	O
,	O
Rapyuta	B-General_Concept
also	O
enables	O
robots	O
to	O
search	O
for	O
data	O
(	O
draw	O
from	O
the	O
"	O
experience	O
"	O
of	O
other	O
robots	O
)	O
that	O
can	O
help	O
it	O
perform	O
its	O
tasks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
uses	O
a	O
combination	O
of	O
ROS	B-Application
and	O
WebSocket	B-Protocol
communication	O
protocols	O
so	O
that	O
the	O
computing	O
environment	O
can	O
be	O
employed	O
in	O
three	O
types	O
of	O
cases	O
:	O
private	O
cloud	O
,	O
where	O
the	O
robots	O
belong	O
to	O
a	O
single	O
entity	O
;	O
software-as-a-service	O
,	O
where	O
multiple	O
robots	O
access	O
ROS	B-Application
software	O
applications	O
run	O
by	O
Rapyuta	B-General_Concept
;	O
and	O
,	O
platform-as-a-service	B-Application
,	O
where	O
Rapyuta	B-General_Concept
serves	O
as	O
a	O
host	O
to	O
the	O
developers	O
 '	O
applications	O
or	O
a	O
platform	O
where	O
they	O
can	O
be	O
shared	O
.	O
</s>
