Acquiring a shared environment representation

Interacting with a domestic service robot implies the existence of a joint environment model for user and robot. To enable robot navigation within such a setting requires further to embed a user’s mental environment model in the corresponding robotic model. Robots typically use metric models for navigation, therefore those metric models need to be integrated with models provided by users. This paper presents a pilot study that investigates, how humans present a familiar environment to a mobile robot. Results from this pilot study are used to evaluate a proposed generic environment model for a service robot. Keywords User study; Environment representation; Human Augmented Mapping; Personalisation

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2006
• Where: HRI
• Authors: Elin Anna Topp, Henrik I. Christensen, Kerstin Severinson Eklundh
• Keywords: Environment Model, HRI 2006, Human Robot Interaction, Joint Environment Model, Service Robot