In this paper, we present a robust system of self-directed autonomous robots evolving in a complex and public spaces and interacting with people. This system integrates high-level skills of environment modeling using knowledge-based modeling and reasoning and scene understanding with robust image and video analysis, distributed autonomous decision-making using Markov decision process and Petri-Net planning, short-term interacting with humans and robust and safe navigation in overcrowding spaces. This system has been deployed in a variety of public environments such as a shopping mall, a center of congress and in a lab to assist people and visitors. The results are very satisfying showing the effectiveness of the system and going beyond just a simple proof of concepts.
Pennisi, A, Sahli, H, Jeanpierre, L, Mouaddib, A-I, Iocchi, L, Lazaro, MT, Erdem, E, Demirel, E & Patoglu, V 2017, COACHES: An assistance Multi-Robot System in public areas. in COACHES: An assistance Multi-Robot System in public areas.
Pennisi, A., Sahli, H., Jeanpierre, L., Mouaddib, A.-I., Iocchi, L., Lazaro, M. T., Erdem, E., Demirel, E., & Patoglu, V. (2017). COACHES: An assistance Multi-Robot System in public areas. Unpublished. In COACHES: An assistance Multi-Robot System in public areas
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title = "COACHES: An assistance Multi-Robot System in public areas",
abstract = "In this paper, we present a robust system of self-directed autonomous robots evolving in a complex and public spaces and interacting with people. This system integrates high-level skills of environment modeling using knowledge-based modeling and reasoning and scene understanding with robust image and video analysis, distributed autonomous decision-making using Markov decision process and Petri-Net planning, short-term interacting with humans and robust and safe navigation in overcrowding spaces. This system has been deployed in a variety of public environments such as a shopping mall, a center of congress and in a lab to assist people and visitors. The results are very satisfying showing the effectiveness of the system and going beyond just a simple proof of concepts.",
author = "Andrea Pennisi and Hichem Sahli and Laurent Jeanpierre, and Abdel-Illah Mouaddib and Luca Iocchi and Lazaro, {Maria Teresa} and Esra Erdem and Ezgi Demirel and Volkan Patoglu",
year = "2017",
month = sep,
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booktitle = "COACHES: An assistance Multi-Robot System in public areas",
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