Robox at Expo.02: A large-scale installation of personal robots

Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Volumn 42, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 203-222

  Siegwart, Roland ^a   Arras, Kai O ^a   Bouabdallah, Samir ^a   Burnier, Daniel ^a   Froidevaux, Gilles ^a   Greppin, Xavier ^a   Jensen, Bjoörn ^a   Lorotte, Antoine ^a   Mayor, Laetitia ^a   Meisser, Mathieu ^a   Philippsen, Roland ^a   Piguet, Ralph ^a   Ramel, Guy ^a   Terrien, Gregoire ^a   Tomatis, Nicola ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Global localization; Human robot interaction; Long term experience; Obstacle avoidance; Personal and service robot; Tour guide robot

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; ENGINEERING EXHIBITIONS; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

MULTI-MODAL INTERACTION SYSTEMS;

MOBILE ROBOTS;

EID: 0037475129     PISSN: 09218890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8890(02)00376-7     Document Type: Article

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