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The Robotic Busboy: Steps Towards Developing a Mobile Robotic Home Assistant
S. Srinivasa, D. Ferguson, M. Vande Weghe, R. Diankov, D. Berenson, C. Helfrich, and H. Strasdat
International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems, July, 2008.

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We present an autonomous multi-robot system that can collect objects from indoor environments and load them into a dishwasher rack. We discuss each component of the system in detail and highlight the perception, navigation, and manipulation algorithms employed.We present results from several public demonstrations, including one in which the system was run for several hours and interacted with several hundred people.

Associated centers: VASC, MRTC, SRI, CFR, and FRC
Associated labs/groups: Manipulation Lab, Human-Robot Interaction Group, Planning and Autonomy Lab, and Human Sensing
Associated projects: Quality of Life Technology Center and Planning for Manipulation

S. Srinivasa, D. Ferguson, M. Vande Weghe, R. Diankov, D. Berenson, C. Helfrich, and H. Strasdat, "The Robotic Busboy: Steps Towards Developing a Mobile Robotic Home Assistant," International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems, July, 2008.

@inproceedings{Srinivasa_2008_6080,
   author = "Siddhartha Srinivasa and David Ferguson and Michael Vande Weghe and Rosen Diankov and Dmitry Berenson and Casey Helfrich and Hauke Strasdat",
   title = "The Robotic Busboy: Steps Towards Developing a Mobile Robotic Home Assistant",
   booktitle = "International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems",
   month = "July",
   year = "2008"
}