Title :
Cognitive graphics and virtual reality for direct human-robot communication in mobile robot for service use
Author :
Ulyanov ; Litvintseva ; Takanashi ; Yamafuji, K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mech. & Control Eng., Univ. of Electro-Commun., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
We propose to use a natural language and cognitive graphics for a description of the conditions of artificial life and direct human-robot communications in mobile robot for service use. Mobile robots for service use work in buildings with different planes of rooms. We propose to construct in such an environment (including navigation and action tasks) a virtual reality generator for behaviour simulation of the mobile service robot. The virtual reality generator is used for possible worlds simulation in the robot artificial life. This allows us to evaluate the control algorithms of real time robot behaviour and to reduce difficulties connected with such problems as robot collisions with real objects and robot hardware damages. The mathematical background of the cognitive graphics software for this task is knowledge engineering based on pseudo-physical logic with spatiotemporal, action and default reasoning. Using concrete examples we discuss the main concepts, structure and realization method of cognitive graphics block of virtual reality generator
Keywords :
cognitive systems; computerised navigation; intelligent control; mobile robots; natural language interfaces; nonmonotonic reasoning; path planning; robot programming; spatial reasoning; temporal reasoning; virtual reality; 3D scenes; action reasoning; action tasks; artificial life conditions; behaviour simulation; cognitive graphics; control algorithms; default reasoning; direct human-robot communication; knowledge engineering; mobile robot; natural language; navigation; possible worlds simulation; pseudo-physical logic; quantum relativistic logic; real objects; real time robot behaviour; robot collisions; robot hardware damages; service use; spatial scenes; spatiotemporal reasoning; virtual reality; Buildings; Cognitive robotics; Graphics; Hardware; Mobile communication; Mobile robots; Natural languages; Navigation; Service robots; Virtual reality;
Conference_Titel :
Micro Machine and Human Science, 1995. MHS '95., Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Nagoya
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2676-8
DOI :
10.1109/MHS.1995.494244