DocumentCode :
504951
Title :
Librarian robot controlled by mathematical AIM model
Author :
Mikawa, Masahiko ; Yoshikawa, Masahiro ; Tsujimura, Takeshi ; Tanaka, Kazuyo
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan
fYear :
2009
fDate :
18-21 Aug. 2009
Firstpage :
1200
Lastpage :
1205
Abstract :
This paper presents a librarian robot that has sleep and wake functions. This robot is equipped with a laser range finder for tracking library users´ behaviors, a microphone for conversation with a user and a stereo vision. A lot of processes run in parallel in this system, operations of these processes are controlled by our proposed mathematical activation-input-modulation (AIM) model, that can express consciousness states, such as wake or sleep based on stimuli detected by the external sensors. In a waking state, sensory information with stimuli is mainly processed. In a sleep state, most processing is paused, or information stored in memories during waking is mainly processed. Moreover, this system has two kinds of memories. One is a memory stored when external stimuli are detected, the other is a memory stored when no stimulus is detected. Both dynamic and gradual changes of sensory information can be stored by these functions.
Keywords :
laser ranging; libraries; mathematical analysis; microphones; robot vision; stereo image processing; tracking; consciousness model; laser range finder; librarian robot; library user behavior tracking; mathematical AIM model; mathematical activation-input-modulation; microphone; sensory information; sleep function; stereo vision; stimuli detection; wake function; Electronic mail; Information processing; Libraries; Mathematical model; Mobile robots; Power system modeling; Process control; Robot control; Robot sensing systems; Robot vision systems; Consciousness model; Librarian robot; Memory functions; Parallel processing;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
ICCAS-SICE, 2009
Conference_Location :
Fukuoka
Print_ISBN :
978-4-907764-34-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-4-907764-33-3
Type :
conf
Filename :
5335035
Link To Document :
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