A Robotic Assistant for Ambient Intelligent Meeting Rooms

This paper reports on a robotic assistant for ambient intelli gent meeting rooms and also for human-centred environments in general. The usefulness of such an “embodied” assistant as a video conferencing tool for sites not possessing an intelli gent meeting room and as a mobile extension of an "intelli room" is discussed, along with possible scenarios. The most important benefit is probably the more natural interaction between the human and the intelli gent environment through this "embodied" assistant. This paper also proposes a hybrid approach for moving around in human-centred environments.