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MINERVA: a second-generation museum tour-guide robot

Thrun, S., Bennewitz, M., Burgard, W., Cremers, A.B., Dellaert, F., Fox, D., Hahnel, D., Rosenberg, C., Roy, N., Schulte, J., Schulz, D.·2003·Proceedings 1999 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (Cat. No.99CH36288C)
DOI 10.1109/robot.1999.770401
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This paper describes an interactive tour-guide robot, which was successfully exhibited in a Smithsonian museum. During its two weeks of operation, the robot interacted with thousands of people, traversing more than 44 km at speeds of up to 163 cm/sec. Our approach specifically addresses issues such as safe navigation in unmodified and dynamic environments, and short-term human-robot interaction. It uses learning pervasively at all levels of the software architecture.

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Thrun, S., Bennewitz, M., Burgard, W., Cremers, A. B., Dellaert, F., Fox, D., Hahnel, D., Rosenberg, C., Roy, N., Schulte, J., & Schulz, D.
Venue
Proceedings 1999 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (Cat. No.99CH36288C)
Publisher
IEEE
Published
2003-01-20
Volume
3
Pages
1999-2005
ISSN
1050-4729 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1109/robot.1999.770401
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W1539282749
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701
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70.04
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conference paper
Language
en
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Thrun, S., Bennewitz, M., Burgard, W., Cremers, A. B., Dellaert, F., Fox, D., Hahnel, D., Rosenberg, C., Roy, N., Schulte, J., & Schulz, D. (2003). MINERVA: a second-generation museum tour-guide robot. Proceedings 1999 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (Cat. No.99CH36288C). https://doi.org/10.1109/robot.1999.770401

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