What kind of framework is needed to realize social robot applications in real public environments? Based on several years of experience in conducting field studies with social robots in public spaces, we identify key ...
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What kind of framework is needed to realize social robot applications in real public environments? Based on several years of experience in conducting field studies with social robots in public spaces, we identify key considerations that we have found to be indispensable in the development of robot services. We present a "networkrobot system" framework, which supports social robot services in five ways: observation of human behavior using environmental sensor networks, structured knowledge sharing, centralized resource and service allocation, global path planning for coordination between robots, and support for selected recognition and decision tasks by a human operator. We describe our networkrobot system implementation and present a demonstration in a shopping mall, illustrating how such a networkrobot system framework can be used to support heterogeneous teams of robots providing services in a real public environment.
The fields of autonomous robotics and ambient intelligence are converging toward the vision of smart robotic environments, in which tasks are performed via the cooperation of many networked robotic devices. To enable ...
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(纸本)9781424409129
The fields of autonomous robotics and ambient intelligence are converging toward the vision of smart robotic environments, in which tasks are performed via the cooperation of many networked robotic devices. To enable this vision, we need a common communication and cooperation model that can be shared between robotic devices at different scales, ranging from standard mobile robots to tiny embedded devices. Unfortunately, today's robot middlewares are too heavy to run on tiny devices, and middlewares for embedded devices are too simple to support the cooperation models needed by an autonomous smart environment In this paper, we propose a middleware model which allows the seamless integration of standard robots and simple off-the-shelf embedded devices. Our middleware is suitable for building truly ubiquitous robotics applications, in which devices of very different scales and capabilities can cooperate in a uniform way. We discuss the principles and implementation of our middleware, and show an experiment in which a mobile robot, a commercial mote, and a custom-built mote cooperate in a home service scenario.
A trend is emerging in the fields of ambient intelligence (AmI) and autonomous robotics, which points in the direction of a merger between these two fields. The inclusion of robotic devices in AmI system, sometimes na...
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(纸本)9781424412099
A trend is emerging in the fields of ambient intelligence (AmI) and autonomous robotics, which points in the direction of a merger between these two fields. The inclusion of robotic devices in AmI system, sometimes named ubiquitous robotics, makes one of the hard problems in this field even harder: how can we provide a comfortable, natural interface between the everyday user and a complex system which consists of a large multitude of highly heterogeneous devices? In this paper, we address a specific, important aspect of this problem: to monitor the state of the ubiquitous system by the user of the system. The solution that we propose is based on two mechanisms: an expression-based semantics to represent in a uniform way the status of heterogeneous devices;and a common interface point to aggregate the information from all devices into a summary status presented to the user. For both mechanisms, we propose to use the tools of fuzzy logic. We justify this choice by arguments grounded in the semantics and formal properties of fuzzy logic. We also illustrate our approach on a specific type of ubiquitous robotic system called Ecology of Physically Embedded Intelligent systems, or PEIS-Ecology.
In this article we explain the architecture for the environment and sensors that has been built for the European project URUS (Ubiquitous networking robotics in Urban Sites), a project whose objective is to develop an...
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In this article we explain the architecture for the environment and sensors that has been built for the European project URUS (Ubiquitous networking robotics in Urban Sites), a project whose objective is to develop an adaptable networkrobot architecture for cooperation between networkrobots and human beings and/or the environment in urban areas. The project goal is to deploy a team of robots in an urban area to give a set of services to a user community. This paper addresses the sensor architecture devised for URUS and the type of robots and sensors used, including environment sensors and sensors onboard the robots. Furthermore, we also explain how sensor fusion takes place to achieve urban outdoor execution of robotic services. Finally some results of the project related to the sensor network are highlighted.
In this paper we analyze how the privacy issue will affect the deployment and design of networking robots in European urban areas. Privacy means the way to guarantee self control on private data that can be processed ...
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In this paper we analyze how the privacy issue will affect the deployment and design of networking robots in European urban areas. Privacy means the way to guarantee self control on private data that can be processed by networked robots. We start by analyzing the technical capabilities of networked robots in public and private spaces, the legal framework and technical solutions. Then, we present the main European Directives and how they affect networked robots. Next, we discuss the legal criteria for privacy compliance, analyzing the surveillance utilities and the wireless communication systems. We also discuss the current legal framework for ubiquitous computing and analyze the anonymous processing for mobility management purposes using a Bluetooth scanning sensor. Finally, we present some open questions. (C) Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden and The robotics Society of Japan, 2010
The Internet of robotic Things is an emerging vision that brings together pervasive sensors and objects with robotic and autonomous systems. This survey examines how the merger of robotic and Internet of Things techno...
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The Internet of robotic Things is an emerging vision that brings together pervasive sensors and objects with robotic and autonomous systems. This survey examines how the merger of robotic and Internet of Things technologies will advance the abilities of both the current Internet of Things and the current robotic systems, thus enabling the creation of new, potentially disruptive services. We discuss some of the new technological challenges created by this merger and conclude that a truly holistic view is needed but currently lacking.
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