This paper proposes a robot oriented Mobile Intelligent Agent Model-MIAM, composed of core function, mobile ability, intelligent engine and communication interfaces, which provide flexible multi-mode robot control solutions for intelligent control and remote control.

The purpose of this study is to design and develop an anthropomorphic based eye-system, used in the intelligent huggable robot ANTY. The intelligent huggable robot ANTY aspires social children-robot interactions relying on face-to-face communication. The anatomy of an anthropomorphic eye and its movements are presented and linked to the design of the artificial robot eye-system.

Conventional robot system design is either classified as a built-in centralized approach in which one processor on a robot controls all devices or as a module distributed approach in which several processors in a built-in network communicate and each processor controls several devices. The built-in centralized approach is limited by the number of devices on the robot. The module distributed app...

In the Neuro-robotics Lab of the Centre for Hybrid Intelligent Systems we have organised various challenging undergraduate student projects using Mindstorm, Khepera and PeopleBot robots. In this paper we will describe a particularly interesting undergraduate student project involving the introduction of intelligent behaviour onto a mini-robot platform. In the past robots were mainly hardcoded t...

This paper addresses the introduction of a new Human Robot Interaction (HRI) sensor for guide robots. Guide robots for geriatric patients or the visually impaired should follow user's control command, keeping a certain desired distance allowing the user to work freely. Therefore, it is necessary to acquire control commands and a user's position on a real-time basis. We suggest a new sensor fusi...