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International approval for countries to explore deep sea mining for economic growth and development are ready to proceed with autonomous robots to extract minerals for economic growth and development and, simultaneously, maintaining sustainability. This paper examines the multi-level frameworks of international organizations and national policies and laws on deep-sea mining and robot development and...
Previous research has shown that the humanoid NAO robot can enhance learning as well as improve communication in children with intellectual disabilities. However, most special needs schools cannot afford the humanoid NAO robot due to high costs. Could a cheaper non-humanoid Lego Mindstorm robot be an alternative way of achieving the same learning objectives as the humanoid NAO robot? A single case...
In this manuscript we propose a distributed classifier to perform inference on a person daily behaviour routine, based on multi-modal input data. The model is implemented on a social robot and allows to efficiently fuse locally perceived information with data classified remotely on a cloud. Unlike the dominant multi-class approaches, where each class is classified separately, the multi-label scheme...
In this paper a new Autonomous Mobile Robot Vending Machine concept is developed for food and beverages distribution in beaches. The concept was developed and submitted to end users appraisal, in order to capture their perceptions and preferences, and the resulting knowledge guides future developments towards the real implementation of the robot. This methodology, which uses multivariate statistics,...
The purpose of the proposed system is to make the transportation of material from storage area to the destination Area with the use of robots. The system consists of multiple robots (two or more) which are going to do the task under the given environment with intercommunication between the robots and main system. The approach is decentralized i.e. there is no need to have human (central) control over...
A repairable system model which is consisted of two redundant robots and one safety unit is established in this paper. We are devoted to discussing the unique existence of the solution and the stability of the studied system by analyzing the spectrum distribution of the system operator in detail. Thus we can obtain stability analysis of the studied repairable system. Finally, some reliability indices...
In the context of multi agent robot path planning, behavioral control exhibits its importance. This paper proposes the new scheme and hardware design for key elements of behavioral control between two mobile robots. Among two robots one is considered as the leader and other as follower. Leader (IR seeker) plans the path, it starts at S and reaches the Goal (G) based on the Intensity which is transmitted...
This work presents scenario oriented Color-Depth integration framework for the purpose of robust object segmentation in a real workplace scenario. The workplace is the Library of Bremen University and the objects to be grasped are books located on a shelf. The proposed framework is responsible for segmenting the book to be grasped and extract the features needed for a successful grasping operation...
In this paper, we propose a reasonable fast centralized to navigate a multi-robot system on domes. The robots, consisting of a leader and N−1 (N ≥ 2) followers, are connected to each other by N strings and make a ring around the dome. The leader uses the artificial potential field approach to plan a stable path toward its desired goal position while the other robots support it. To avoid getting into...
This article shares my experience as a student in working with sumo robots and it describes the building procedure and some important fact about its components as well as some tips and tricks to make some improvements over the classical way of building small robots.
Gestures and postures are a non-verbal communication because it is translated through human's physical gestures and not through oral communication. This research focuses on creating a variety of human gestures and postures that are applied into a robotic form. The objective is to apply elements of human gestures and postures to robotic form and create an industrial ceramic art ware hence produce the...
This study is an extension to our research on long term deployment of an assistive robot in a shopping mall. In this paper, we have discussed the architecture of robot Neel using rich web interactions and Unified communication methods to stay connected with users in an interpersonal manner. This enables the robot to build rapport among users by assisting shoppers to get offers and deals based on their...
The concept of service robotics has grown considerably over the past two decades with many robots being used in non-industrial environments such homes, hospitals and airports. Many of these environments were never designed to have mobile service robots deployed within them. This paper describes some of the challenges that are faced and need to be overcome in order for robots to successfully work in...
Intelligent human-robot interface helps a mobile robot to extract external information and interact with a user. User identification information allows a robot to generate appropriate behaviors and make personalized human-robot interaction (PHRI) more natural and safe. Most of service robots move around in various application settings, and biometric features always change during relative movements...
This study builds upon previous work regarding people's attitudes toward robot workers, identifying the characteristics of occupations for which people believe robots are qualified and desired. This research updates prior research and adds a new dimension of respondent expertise in the domain of robotics (N=392, which includes 134 robotics experts and 258 non-experts). We deployed a web-based survey...
This article consists of a collection of slides from the author's conference presentation on the challenges of building personal robots. Some of the specific topics discussed include: the demand for robots from 1960 - 2010; the market for robots by industry; robot designs; applications for using robots; research and development in the robotics industry; technical challenges; robot power supplies;...
Robotic grinding for workpiece with complex surface is a new processing method. The theory and implementation of path planning is the key of this method. To solve time-consuming problem of path planning with demonstration system, we established a complete set of process for griding path planning. The relation of the coordinates transformation was analyzed in this method. And the method to access the...
Componentization is an important method to improve the reusability of robot software and reduce the difficulty of system design. To reuse robot software component on different robot hardware, the logical abstraction and standardization of hardware is critical. In this paper, an IPv6 based robot structure is presented to reuse the robot hardware and software resources. Firstly the software architecture...
This document presents the exiting robots that are used in both American army in the operation of Iraq and Afghanistan and Japanese rescue teams formed after The Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake (1/17, 1955, 5:46:52 a.m. Magnitude 7.3). This document gives how some of existing robots could be used to survey the damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant after East Japan Earthquake (3/11, 2011, 2:46:18...
This paper presents a simulation based test method for functional and performance evaluation of robotic components and modules. In the proposed test method, function test procedure consists of unit, state, and interface tests which assess if the functional specifications of robot component 1 or module 2 are met. As for performance test, simulation environment provides a down scaled virtual work space...
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