The development of the restaurant service mobile robot with a Laser positioning system

Author

Jyh-Hwa, Tzou ; Su Kuo, L.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. Eng., Wu-Feng Inst. of Technol., Minsyong

fYear

2008

fDate

16-18 July 2008

Firstpage

662

Lastpage

666

Abstract

Nowadays, service robots are very popular in robot family. The first object of this paper is to develop a restaurant service mobile robot. This service mobile robot can transfer dishes in the restaurant. It also can show the customers to the unoccupied table. The service efficiency of the restaurant service can be increased with this service robot. This service mobile robot is equipped with ldquoLaser positioning systemrdquo The laser positioning system is used for rapid and precise positioning and guidance of the mobile robot. The second object of this paper is to develop an ordering dishes system with wireless network. Customers can order dishes on portable wireless PDA or on the touch screen of the robot. After finishing ordering dishes, the order can be transferred to the kitchen through the wireless network. When the food is finished by the cooker, the service mobile robot can carry the dishes to the customers.

Keywords

catering industry; laser beam applications; mobile robots; path planning; position control; radio networks; service robots; laser positioning system; mobile robot guidance; portable wireless PDA; precise positioning; rapid positioning; restaurant service mobile robot; service efficiency; wireless network; Food industry; Manufacturing industries; Mobile robots; Orbital robotics; Rehabilitation robotics; Robot sensing systems; Service robots; Space technology; Wheels; Wireless networks; Laser Range Finder; Laser positioning system; Restaurant service mobile robot; Wireless ordering dishes system;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Control Conference, 2008. CCC 2008. 27th Chinese

Conference_Location

Kunming

Print_ISBN

978-7-900719-70-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-7-900719-70-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CHICC.2008.4605839

Filename

4605839