Situation-aware robots and transporters

Inter-cognitive communication plays the key role in the development of engineering applications where natural and artificial cognitive systems should work together efficiently. Situation-awareness is essential in that cooperation. The focus of this study is to report our experiences and applications of situation-aware robots and transporters. Industrial robots are an important part of production in several fields of current industry. Mobile robots and wheeled transporters such as forklift trucks will in the future be key elements in material handling and transporting tasks in production and in warehouses. In addition, robots will also play key roles in wellness services in response to the aging population. Situation-awareness and especially location-awareness is essential in the development of efficient human-robot interaction. In the future, cognitive communication processes between operators and intelligent transporters may benefit from many features developed for intelligent traffic systems. We also present our experiences from the development a of situation-aware traffic system.