Title :
Personal assistant robot
Author :
Lin, Chia-How ; Andrian, Henrry ; Wang, Yao-Qing ; Song, Kai-Tai
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Control Eng., Nat. Chiao Tung Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan
Abstract :
This paper presents a design and implementation of a prototype personal assistant robot (PAR). The goal for the development of PAR is to investigate how an intelligent machine can assist and interact with a person in a smart manner. The PAR prototype consists of a mobile platform and a three degree-of-freedom manipulator. Currently, implemented functions include PDA remote control, human face recognition and tracking, and fuzzy behavior-based navigation. Experimental studies of these functions show that the robot demonstrates autonomous interactions as well as assistant functions in a natural indoor environment.
Keywords :
control engineering computing; face recognition; intelligent robots; manipulators; notebook computers; telecontrol; tracking; PAR prototype; PDA remote control; autonomous interactions; fuzzy behavior-based navigation; human face recognition; intelligent machine; manipulator; mobile platform; personal assistant robot; tracking; Batteries; Intelligent robots; Manipulators; Medical robotics; Mobile robots; Personal digital assistants; Prototypes; Robot sensing systems; Robotics and automation; Service robots;
Conference_Titel :
Mechatronics, 2005. ICM '05. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Taipei
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8998-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICMECH.2005.1529296
