Tea table, come closer to me

ABSTRACT

We present a new concept (named DA vinCi) of distributed agents, sensor networks and an intelligent server catered to the home environment. Instead of a single multi-tasking human-like robot, we propose a team of networked task-specific robotic agents that interface with each other and the environment through a spatial map built by the server. We also highlight how our server will be a proxy for all the human-robot interactions (HRI) in the system and discuss the challenges involved. The paper's title captures the jist of our system where even a tea table can be inexpensively mobilized and interacted with via the DA vinCi architecture.

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  I. Computing Methodologies
  I.2 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
      I.2.9 Robotics
          Subjects: Commercial robots and applications

Additional Classification:
  I. Computing Methodologies
  I.2 ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
      I.2.9 Robotics
          Subjects: Autonomous vehicles; Operator interfaces

General Terms:
Design, Human Factors

Keywords:
multi-agent system, robot intermediaries