W. Burgard, A.B. Cremers, D. Fox, D. Hähnel,G. Lakemeyer,
D. Schulz, W. Steiner, and S. Thrun
The Interactive Museum Tour-Guide
Robot
Proc. of the Fifteenth National Conference on Artificial
Intelligence (AAAI-98)
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Abstract
This paper describes the software architecture of an autonomous tour-guide/tutor
robot. This robot was recently deployed in the ``DeutschesMuseum Bonn,''were
it guided hundreds of visitors through the museum during a six-day deployment
period. The robot's control software integrates low-level probabilistic
reasoningwith high-level problemsolving embedded in first order logic. A
collectionof software innovations, described in this paper, enabled the robot
to navigateat high speeds through dense crowds, while reliably avoiding collisions
withobstacles---some of which could not even be sensed. Also described
in thispaper is a user interface tailored towards non-expert users, which
we believewas essential for the robot's success in the museum. Based on these
results,this paper argues that time is ripe for the development of AI-based
commercialservice robots that assist people in everyday life.
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Bibtex
@INPROCEEDINGS{Bur98Int,
AUTHOR = {Burgard, W. and Cremers, A.B. and Fox,
D. and H{\"a}hnel, D. and Lakemeyer,G. and Schulz, D. and
Steiner, W. and Thrun, S.},
TITLE = {The Interactive Museum Tour-Guide Robot},
YEAR = {1998},
BOOKTITLE = {Proc.~of the National Conferenceon Artificial Intelligence}
}