sampling

1
Mobile Robotics
Dieter Fox
2
Dieter Fox
Mobile Robotics
Task

• Design mobile robots that can act autonomously in
  unknown, dynamic environments

Challenges

• Dealing with uncertain sensor information
• Real-time decision making under incomplete
  knowledge
• Interaction with people

Approach

• Apply probabilistic representations and reasoning
  to deal with uncertainties

3
Museum Tour-Guide Robots
Dieter Fox
Rhino, Bonn (Germany)
Minerva, Washington DC

• Guided thousands of visitors through the
  exhibitions
• Robots were completely autonomous
• Probabilistic techniques are key to robustness

4
Applications
Dieter Fox

• Service robots
• Surveillance
• Entertainment
• Tele-presence, e.g.
• Virtual visit to museum or
• Personal robotic assistant for the elderly
• Intelligent reminding (e.g. take medication, go
  to restroom)
• Robot is connected to the Web / intelligent home
  and provides tele-presence for care-givers and
  physicians

Web interface of Minerva