Experiences from the use of a Robotic Avatar in a Museum Setting

Proceedings VAST 2001 Virtual Reality, Archeology, and Cultural Heritage

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 153-160

  Roussou, Maria ^a   Trahanias, Panos ^b   Giannoulis, George ^a   Kamarinos, George ^a   Argyros, Antonis ^b   Tsakiris, Dimitris ^b   Georgiadis, Pantelis ^b   Burgard, Wolfram ^c   Haehnel, Dirk ^c   Cremers, Armin ^d   Schulz, Dirk ^d   Moors, Mark ^d   Spirtounias, Elias ^a   Marianthi, Mika ^a   Savvaides, Vassilis ^e   Reitelman, Alexandra ^f   Konstantios, Dimitrios ^g   Katselaki, Andromachi ^g  

^a Foundation of the Hellenic World   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^e THEON Mobile Platforms SA   (Greece)

^f DEUTSCHES MUSEUM   (Germany)

^g Byzantine/Christian Museum of Athens   (Greece)

Author keywords

Access to cultural content; Autonomous mobile robots; Museum tele visiting

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; INTERNET; MUSEUMS; ROBOTICS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

WEB-PRESENTATIONS;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 0141538298     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/584993.585017     Document Type: Conference Paper

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