Huey, Dewey, Louie, and GUI - Commanding Robot Formations

Commanding Heterogeneous Multi-Robot Teams

Bolstering up a military unit, e.g., an infantry platoon on a recce mission, by robots often is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, the robots are able to support the soldiers in multiple ways, they can transport bulky equipment, they can enter risky spots, and they may have sensor suits that help to detect dangers of all kinds. On the other hand, robots need to be equipped with energy sourc...

Simplicity Applied in Projects Involving Embodied, Autonomous Robots

This dissertation presents four projects in the field of autonomous robots. The Assumption Architecture is a training system designed for LEGO robots. A simple, autonomous, mobile robot learns simple tasks through binary good/bad training, by making assumptions about when to take which action; preprocessing modules interpret sensor data into information. The system is demonstrated in simulation...

Using Spatial Context Knowledge in Gesture Recognition for Commanding a Domestic Service Robot

Using Gesture and Speech Control for Commanding a Robot Assistant

Giving advice to a mobile robot assistant still requires classical user interfaces. A more intuitive way of commanding is achieved by verbal or gesture commands. In this article, we present new approaches and enhancements for established methods that are in use in our laboratory. Our aim is to interact with a robot using natural and direct communication techniques fusioning these communication ...

Homing a Teleoperated Car using Monocular SLAM

Personal, inexpensive, easy-to-use, teleoperated, autonomous, mobile robots are starting to be a reality and are expected to be widespread within some few years. Fostering the development of these robots implies testing various hardware and software technologies. In this work we propose developing the communications with the robot through an IP wireless camera. The rational is that the required...