W. Burgard, P. Trahanias, D. Hähnel, M. Moors, D. Schulz, H. Baltzakis, A. Argyros
Tele-Presence in Populated Exhibitions Through Web-Operated Mobile Robots.
in: Journal of Autonomous Robots.
Abstract
This paper presents techniques that facilitate
mobile robots to be deployed as interactive agents in populated
environments such as museum exhibitions or trade shows. The mobile
robots can be tele-operated over the Internet and, this way, provide
remote access to distant users. Throughout this paper we describe
several key techniques that have been developed in this context. To
support safe and reliable robot navigation, techniques for environment
mapping, robot localization, obstacle detection and people-tracking
have been developed. To support the interaction of both web and
on-site visitors with the robot and its environment, appropriate
software and hardware interfaces have been employed. By using advanced
navigation capabilities and appropriate authoring tools, the time
required for installing a robotic tour-guide in a museum or a trade
fair has been drastically reduced. The developed robotic systems have
been thoroughly tested and validated in the real-world conditions
offered in the premises of various sites. Such demonstrations
ascertain the functionality of the employed techniques, establish the
reliability of the complete systems, and provide useful evidence
regarding the acceptance of tele-operated robotic tour-guides by the
broader public.
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Bibtex
@Article{Burgard03telePresence,
author = {Burgard, W. and Trahanias, P. and H{\"a}hnel, D. and Schulz, D. and Baltzakis, H. and Argyros, A.},
title = {Tele-Presence in Populated Exhibitions Through Web-Operated Mobile Robots},
journal = {Journal of Autonomous Robots},
volume = 15,
pages = {299-316},
year = {2003}
}