D. Schulz, W. Burgard, D. Fox, S. Thrun, and A.B. Cremers
Web Interfaces for Mobile Robots
in Public Places
IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine
Abstract
The emergence of the World Wide Web provides a unique opportunity toconnect
robots to the Internet, enabling people all over the World tocontrol them
and monitor their operation. This paper describes aseries of Web interfaces,
designed to remotely operate mobile robotsin public places through the Web.
The design of these interfacesspecifically addresses issues such as lowbandwidth
of Internetconnections, control brokering, and shared control aswell asinteraction
with people in the robot's environment, which arisenaturallyin applications
with Web-based robot control. The interfaceshave been testedextensively using
two deployed service robots, whichwere installed as interactivetour-guides
in two museums. The Webinterfaces proved highly effective toprovide a ``tele-presence''
topeople all over the world. The paper also discussestrade-offs andlimitations
of Web-based robots that interact with people inpopulated, public places.
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Bibtex
@Article{Bur00Exp,
AUTHOR = {Schulz, D. and Burgard, W. and Fox, D. and
Thrun, S. and Cremers, A.B},
TITLE = {Web Interfaces for Mobile Robots in Public Places},
JOURNAL = {IEEERobotics and Automation Magazine},
VOLUME = {7},
NUMBER = {1},
YEAR = {2000}
}