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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Service robots"”.
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User Perceptions of Privacy and Comfort in Domestic Service Robots
… when interacting with camera-equipped domestic robots. We utilize a privacy-enhancing feature: a translucent camera cover that blurs the robot’s vision while preserving a limited degree of functionality for computer vision algorithms. Our findings indicate that participants perceived greater …
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Building and sharing the cognition model of the environment with collaborative service robots
… with two different platforms, WorkPartner service robot and Avant machine based semi-autonomous robot. Based on the tests, the proposed model is an effective mechanism for collaboratively exchanging spatial information between a robot and a human.
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Effective implementation of Industry 4.0 technologies in the retail sector through theexample of service robots
A kutatásom során kisebb-nagyobb környezeti változások befolyásolták a disszertáció végleges formáját, illetve kutatási irányát és ezen kutatások eredőjét is. A világunkban tomboló Covid19 pandémia más megvilágításba helyezte az eredeti kutatásomat. Eredetileg az ipari robotok Ipar 4.0 általi …
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Laboratorization of Everyday Life: Adaptations among Robots, Laboratory and Society
… and environmental politics that are embodied in service robots, I show how both the laboratory culture and wider society expect their own respective values and environmental cultures to displace the other. This dissertation highlights the importance of understanding how robotics laboratories and …
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Learning the state of the world : object-based world modeling for mobile-manipulation robots
Mobile-manipulation robots performing service tasks in human-centric indoor environments have long been a dream for developers of autonomous agents. Tasks such as cooking and cleaning typically involve interaction with the environment, hence robots need to know relevant aspects of their spatial …
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Mobile robot control and navigation in public spaces
Public service robots have been more and more popular due to their social and economical influences. This thesis investigated two issues about control and navigation of public service robots deployed in crowded environments such as airports and shopping malls. Our solutions facilitates the synergy …
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Human-machine collaborative optimization via apprenticeship scheduling
I envision a future where intelligent service robots become integral members of human-robot teams in the workplace. Today, service robots are being deployed across a wide range of settings; however, while these robots exhibit basic navigational abilities, they lack the ability to anticipate and …
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Using an Auction Behavior-Based Robotic Architecture in Order to Fulfill Necessary Functionality for Service Robotics
<bold>ABSTRACT</bold> Service robots have great potential for improving the quality of life and assisting with people's daily activities. Such robots must be capable of performing multiple tasks and schedule them appropriately while interacting with people over long periods of time. In this …
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Using 3D Visual Data to Build a Semantic Map for Autonomous Localization
Environment maps are essential for robots and intelligent gadgets to autonomously carry out tasks. Traditional maps built by visual sensors include metric ones and topological ones. These maps are navigation-oriented and not adequate for service robots or intelligent gadgets to interact with or …
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Developing a mobile manipulation system to handle unknown and unstructured objects
… The recent revolution in industrial and service robots demands high-autonomy and intelligent mobile-manipulators. The goal of the thesis is to develop an autonomous mobile robotic manipulation system that can handle unknown and unstructured objects with the least training and human …
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Robust Autonomous Navigation of the Mobile Robot `ROSWITHA` by Sophisticated Sensing and Bio-Inspired Algorithms
… to different mobile systems like assistive service robots, autonomous automobiles, aerial systems, and autonomous underwater vehicles. Despite the fact that large amounts of research have been continually done for some decades and in spite of advances in these themes, the problem of moving …
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Predictive modeling and socially aware motion planning in dynamic, uncertain environments
… interest in autonomous vehicles, such as indoor service robots and self-driving cars. The potential applications of such vehicles are predicted to have far-reaching impacts on human mobility and the economy at large. While there has been significant progress in the past decade, reliable, fully …
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A social networking-enabled framework for autonomous robot skill development
Intelligent service robots will need to adapt to unforeseen situations when performing tasks for humans. To do this, they will be expected to continuously develop new skills. Existing frameworks that address robot learning of new skills for a particular task often follow a task-specific design …
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Customer resistance to chatbots in financial services: a social exchange theory perspective
… as they are increasingly being used by financial service providers to replace humans in customer interactions. Despite the numerous advantages chatbots offer, overcoming customer resistance remains challenging for firms. This study leaned on social exchange theory by examining customers' perceived …
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Mobile robot navigation in dynamic environments
Service robots which act in environments populated by humans have <br>become very popular in the last few years. A variety of systems exists <br>which act for example in hospitals, office buildings, department <br>stores, and museums. Furthermore, several multi-robot systems have <br>been developed …