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 to
connect robots to the Internet, enabling people all over the World to
control them and monitor their operation. This paper describes a
series of Web interfaces, designed to remotely operate mobile robots
in public places through the Web. The design of these interfaces
specifically addresses issues such as low bandwidth of Internet
connections, control brokering, and shared control as well as
interaction with people in the robot's environment, which arise
naturally in applications with Web-based robot control. The interfaces
have been tested extensively using two deployed service robots, which
were installed as interactive tour-guides in two museums. The Web
interfaces proved highly effective to provide a ``tele-presence'' to
people all over the world. The paper also discusses trade-offs and
limitations of Web-based robots that interact with people in
populated, public places.
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Bibtex
@Article{Sch00Web,
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 =
{IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine},
VOLUME
= {7},
NUMBER
= {1},
YEAR
= {2000}
}
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