Title :
Field test of a navigation system: autonomous cleaning in supermarkets
Author :
Endres, Hermann ; Feiten, Wendelin ; Lawitzky, Gisbert
Author_Institution :
Siemens AG, Munich, Germany
Abstract :
Siemens has developed a prototype of an autonomous navigation system for mobile service robots. Its suitability for tough everyday operation has been successfully demonstrated since August 1996 with cleaning machines in chain store supermarkets of Albert Heijn BV in the Netherlands. Here, HEFTER CLEANTECH (HCT) cleaning robots are being used in cooperation with the cleaning specialist RTB
Keywords :
computerised navigation; mobile robots; retailing; surface cleaning; Albert Heijn BV; HCT; HEFTER CLEANTECH; RTB; Siemens; autonomous cleaning; autonomous navigation system; chain store supermarkets; field test; mobile service robots; navigation system; supermarkets; Cleaning; Prototypes; Robot sensing systems; Robotics and automation; Safety; Sensor systems; Service robots; Sonar navigation; Switches; System testing;
Conference_Titel :
Robotics and Automation, 1998. Proceedings. 1998 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Leuven
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4300-X
DOI :
10.1109/ROBOT.1998.677424
