Experiences with two deployed interactive tour-guide robots - Robotics Institute Carnegie Mellon University

Experiences with two deployed interactive tour-guide robots

Sebastian Thrun, M. Bennewitz, W. Burgard, A. B. Cremers, Frank Dellaert, Dieter Fox, D. Haehnel, G. Lakemeyer, Chuck Rosenberg, Nicholas Roy, Jamieson Schulte, D. Schulz, and W. Steiner
Conference Paper, Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on Field and Service Robotics (FSR'99), August, 1999

Abstract

This paper describes and compares two pioneering mobile robot systems, which were recently deployed as interactive tour-guides in two museums. Both robots demonstrated safe and reliable navigation in proximity of people. They also interacted with museum visitor through various means, including the Web. Probabilistic algorithms and learning are pervasive in their software architectures. This article sketches the basic software, summarizes results, compares the robots, and discusses open problems.

BibTeX

@conference{Thrun-1999-14980,
author = {Sebastian Thrun and M. Bennewitz and W. Burgard and A. B. Cremers and Frank Dellaert and Dieter Fox and D. Haehnel and G. Lakemeyer and Chuck Rosenberg and Nicholas Roy and Jamieson Schulte and D. Schulz and W. Steiner},
title = {Experiences with two deployed interactive tour-guide robots},
booktitle = {Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on Field and Service Robotics (FSR'99)},
year = {1999},
month = {August},
}