MINERVA: A Second-Generation Museum Tour-Guide Robot

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 more than 50,000 people, traversing more than 44km. Our approach specifically addresses issues such as safe navigation in unmodified and dynamic environments, and shortterm human-robot interaction.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1999
• Where: ICRA
• Authors: Sebastian Thrun, Maren Bennewitz, Wolfram Burgard, Armin B. Cremers, Frank Dellaert, Dieter Fox, Dirk Hähnel, Charles R. Rosenberg, Nicholas Roy, Jamieson Schulte, Dirk Schulz
• Keywords: Human-robot Interaction, ICRA 1999, Interactive Tour-guide Robot, Robotics, Smithsonian Museum