Objective This project will primarily advance the state of the art in high-level communication with and among robots. This communication will be based on a high-level discourse model derived from human communication. Rather than focusing on improvements of a single mode (like speech), communication will be multimodal and even involve behaviours (like movements and gestures) as well as their recognition for advanced Human-Robot Interaction. The discourse model will serve as a basis for advanced Robot-Robot Interaction as well. In effect, a major objective of this work is a unified communication approach. It will be implemented in a software platform for communication.Based on this advanced approach to communication, both close cooperation of robots with people and cooperating robots will be facilitated. Information exchange amongst robots about the status of the shared environment will make the navigation in cluttered areas more efficient and safe. While collaborative behaviour is important, several other issues related to advanced behaviour of robots in dynamic environments will be addressed as well: detection and avoidance of dynamic obstacles, self-localization based on landmarks, learning of a topological map indexed by these landmarks, as well as autonomous navigation based on topological and metrical information. So, a major objective of this work is to tackle more complex environments for robots as compared to previous work.For showing the feasibility of the proposed innovations, a prototype robot will be developed in the course of this project - a robot trolley. This robot will be a prototype for such trolleys to be used in supermarkets, airports, etc. In addition to carrying goods and to guide a user in a complex, structured and dynamic environment, it will have a second function as a walking aid. This function will support a challenged and/or elderly person to lean on the trolley while the walking pace is controlled to follow a user-determined setting. Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencessoftware Programme(s) FP6-IST - Information Society Technologies: thematic priority under the specific programme "Integrating and strengthening the European research area" (2002-2006). Topic(s) IST-2005-2.6.1 - Advanced Robotics Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme STREP - Specific Targeted Research Project Coordinator TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET WIEN EU contribution No data Address KARLSPLATZ 13 1040 WIEN Austria See on map Total cost No data Participants (5) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE France EU contribution No data Address 3, RUE MICHEL-ANGE 75794 PARIS CEDEX 16 See on map Total cost No data ETP - ELECTRONICS TRADING AND PRODUCTION BERND SPATH E.K. Germany EU contribution No data Address RIEGELER STRASSE 12 79111 FREIBURG See on map Total cost No data FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM INFORMATIK AN DER UNIVERSITAET KARLSRUHE Germany EU contribution No data Address HAID-UND-NEU-STRASSE 10-14 76131 KARLSRUHE See on map Total cost No data KUNGLIGA TEKNISKA HOGSKOLAN Sweden EU contribution No data Address VALHALLAVAGEN 79 100 44 STOCKHOLM See on map Total cost No data ZENON S.A. ROBOTICS AND INFORMATICS Greece EU contribution No data Address KANARI STREET 5, GLYKA NERA ATTIKIS 15354 ATHENS See on map Total cost No data
