Network-based new intelligent robot paradigm: ubiquitous robotic companion

Summary form only given. A new program of intelligent service robot entitled as ubiquitous robotic companion (URC) project is introduced, where the project is funded by Ministry of Information and Communication, Republic of Korea from 2004 for 4 years. In the project, a new paradigm of intelligent robot, URC is newly defined by fusion of robot, network and information technologies, in which software robot and embedded robot are also introduced as well as the conventional robot. All three actors are connected by high speed network infra and provide high quality service to human users at any time and any place. That is why the project is entitled as ubiquitous robotic companion. In the presentation, some more details about URC together with consisting subprojects were introduced.