Based on the successful hardware and software architecture of Care‐O‐bot™, a new generation of mobile robots has recently been designed at Fraunhofer Institute of Manufacturing Engineering and Automation (IPA). The robots have been created to communicate with and to entertain visitors in a museum. Their tasks include welcoming visitors, leading a guided tour through the museum or playing with a ball. In this article the hardware platform of the robots and their features such as navigation and communication skills, their safety concept and handling are outlined. Further, the underlying control software of the robots is described. Finally, the application of the robots at the Museum für Kommunikation in Berlin is presented. The robots have been running in this museum daily since 25 March 2000 without noteworthy problems.
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1 February 2001
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February 01 2001
A mobile robot platform for assistance and entertainment
Rolf Dieter Schraft;
Rolf Dieter Schraft
Rolf Dieter Schraft is at the Fraunhofer Institute of Manufacturing Engineering and Automation (IPA), Stuttgart, Germany. Contact author: Dirk John, Fraunhofer IPA, Abt. 323/Robotersysteme, Noblestrasse 12, D‐70569 Stuttgart, Germany. Tel: +49 (0)711‐970‐1226; Fax: +49 (0)711‐970‐1008; e‐mail: john@ipa.fhg.de Web site: http://www.ipa.fhg.de
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Birgit Graf;
Birgit Graf
Birgit Graf, is at the Fraunhofer Institute of Manufacturing Engineering and Automation (IPA), Stuttgart, Germany. Contact author: Dirk John, Fraunhofer IPA, Abt. 323/Robotersysteme, Noblestrasse 12, D‐70569 Stuttgart, Germany. Tel: +49 (0)711‐970‐1226; Fax: +49 (0)711‐970‐1008; e‐mail: john@ipa.fhg.de Web site: http://www.ipa.fhg.de
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Andreas Traub;
Andreas Traub
Andreas Traub is at the Fraunhofer Institute of Manufacturing Engineering and Automation (IPA), Stuttgart, Germany. Contact author: Dirk John, Fraunhofer IPA, Abt. 323/Robotersysteme, Noblestrasse 12, D‐70569 Stuttgart, Germany. Tel: +49 (0)711‐970‐1226; Fax: +49 (0)711‐970‐1008; e‐mail: john@ipa.fhg.de Web site: http://www.ipa.fhg.de
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Dirk John
Dirk John
Dirk John is at the Fraunhofer Institute of Manufacturing Engineering and Automation (IPA), Stuttgart, Germany. Contact author: Dirk John, Fraunhofer IPA, Abt. 323/Robotersysteme, Noblestrasse 12, D‐70569 Stuttgart, Germany. Tel: +49 (0)711‐970‐1226; Fax: +49 (0)711‐970‐1008; e‐mail: john@ipa.fhg.de Web site: http://www.ipa.fhg.de
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 1758-5791
Print ISSN: 0143-991X
© MCB UP Limited
2001
Industrial Robot (2001) 28 (1): 29–35.
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Dieter Schraft R, Graf B, Traub A, John D (2001), "A mobile robot platform for assistance and entertainment". Industrial Robot, Vol. 28 No. 1 pp. 29–35, doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/01439910110380424
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