Title :
Core technologies for service robotics
Author :
Karlsson, Niklas ; Munich, Mario E. ; Goncalves, Luis ; Ostrowski, Jim ; Di Bernardo, E. ; Pirjanian, Paolo
Author_Institution :
Evolution Robotics Inc., Pasadena, CA, USA
fDate :
28 Sept.-2 Oct. 2004
Abstract :
Service robotics products are becoming a reality. This paper describes three core technologies that enable the next generation of service robots. They are low-cost, make use of low-cost hardware, and prepare for a short time-to-market for product development. The first technology is an object recognition system, which can be used by the robot to interact with the environment The second technology is a vision-based navigation system (vSLAM™), which simultaneously can build a map and localize the robot in the map. Finally, the third technology is a flexible and rich software platform (ERSP™) that assists developers in rapid design and prototyping of robotics applications.
Keywords :
intelligent robots; man-machine systems; object recognition; path planning; rapid prototyping (industrial); robot programming; robot vision; service robots; ERSP™; object recognition system; product development; rapid prototyping; service robotics products; time-to-market; vSLAM™; vision-based navigation system; Cleaning; Costs; Energy consumption; Ice; Intelligent robots; Navigation; Object recognition; Radio access networks; Robot sensing systems; Sun;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2004. (IROS 2004). Proceedings. 2004 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8463-6
DOI :
10.1109/IROS.2004.1389862
