TOOMAS: Interactive shopping guide robots in everyday use - Final implementation and experiences from long-term field trials

2009 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, IROS 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 2005-2012

  Gross, H M ^a   Boehme, H ^c   Schroeter, Ch ^a   Mueller, S ^a   Koenig, A ^a   Einhorn, E ^a   Martin, Ch ^b   Merten, M ^b   Bley, A ^b  

^a ILMENAU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MetraLabs Robotics GmbH Ilmenau   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES DRESDEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSISTIVE ROBOTICS; COMPANION ROBOT; DAILY USE; FIELD TRIAL; GERMANY; HOME IMPROVEMENT STORES; INTERACTIVE SHOPPING; MOBILE SHOPPING; OPERATING ENVIRONMENT; SHOPPING GUIDES; TERM FIELD;

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; DOMESTIC APPLIANCES; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; RETAIL STORES; ROBOTICS;

SALES;

EID: 76249094575     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IROS.2009.5354497     Document Type: Conference Paper

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