—Robust localization of robots and reliable tracking of people are both critical requirements for the deployment of service robots in real-world environments. In crowded public s...
Dylan F. Glas, Takayuki Kanda, Hiroshi Ishiguro, N...
– This paper describes a fusion of panoramic vision and laser range data to track multiple persons simultaneously from a stationary robot. Particle filters are used to track peop...
—This paper reports the challenges of developing multiple social robots that operate in a shopping mall. We developed a networked robot system that coordinates multiple social ro...
Masahiro Shiomi, Takayuki Kanda, Dylan F. Glas, Sa...
A key component of a mobile robot system is the ability to localize itself accurately and, simultaneously, to build a map of the environment. Most of the existing algorithms are b...