TOURBOT - Interactive Museum Tele-presence Through Robotic Avatars Wolfram Burgard Department of Computer Science University of Freiburg TOURBOT Coordinator: Panos Trahanias Institute of Computer Science Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas Heraklion, Crete, Greece [email protected]http://www.ics.forth.gr/tourbot
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TOURBOT - Interactive Museum Tele-presence Through Robotic Avatars
Wolfram Burgard
Department of Computer Science
University of Freiburg
TOURBOT Coordinator:
Panos Trahanias Institute of Computer Science
Foundation for Research and Technology - HellasHeraklion, Crete, [email protected]
http://www.ics.forth.gr/tourbot
Prof. Dr. Wolfram Burgard, [email protected] http://www.ics.forth.gr/tourbot
TOURBOT - Interactive Museum Tele-presence Through Robotic Avatars
TOURBOT Consortium
Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas (FORTH - Technical)
University of Freiburg (UNIFR - Technical) Foundation of the Hellenic World (FHW - Broker / End-
User) University of Bonn (UNIBONN - Technical) Theon Mobile Platforms SA (THEON - Technical) Deutsches Museum Bonn (MUSBON - End-User) Byzantine and Christian Museum of Athens (BYZMUS -
End-User)
Prof. Dr. Wolfram Burgard, [email protected] http://www.ics.forth.gr/tourbot
TOURBOT - Interactive Museum Tele-presence Through Robotic Avatars
TOURBOT Data
Key Action 3 Action Line 3-2-3 Duration 24 m (01/01/2000 - 31/12/2001) Budget 1,718,150, EU contribution 1,088,790
RTD Project Funded by EU-IST Programme
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TOURBOT - Interactive Museum Tele-presence Through Robotic Avatars
TOURBOT Concept
Remote “representative” of the user• Based on mobile robotic platforms equipped
with sensors and connected to Internet• Controlled over the Web• Able to navigate autonomously and reliably• Transmitting multimedia data to remote users
Tele-presence in museums through robotic avatars
(TOUr-guide RoBOTs)
See Through the Eyes of the Robot
Prof. Dr. Wolfram Burgard, [email protected] http://www.ics.forth.gr/tourbot
TOURBOT - Interactive Museum Tele-presence Through Robotic Avatars
TOURBOT Goals
Development of an interactive tour-guide robot able to provide individual access to museums' exhibits and cultural heritage over the Internet.
Operate as the user's avatar in the museum by accepting commands over the web that direct it to move in its workspace and visit specific exhibits.
Act as a flexible, on-site museum-guide.
Prof. Dr. Wolfram Burgard, [email protected] http://www.ics.forth.gr/tourbot
TOURBOT - Interactive Museum Tele-presence Through Robotic Avatars
TOURBOT Design
Prof. Dr. Wolfram Burgard, [email protected] http://www.ics.forth.gr/tourbot
TOURBOT - Interactive Museum Tele-presence Through Robotic Avatars
TOURBOT Objectives
develop a robotic avatar with advanced navigation capabilities that will be able to move (semi)autonomously in the museum's premises,
develop appropriate web interfaces to the robotic avatar that will realize distant-user's telepresence, i.e facilitate scene observation through the avatar's eyes,
facilitate personalized and realistic observation of the museum exhibits,
enable on-site, interactive museum tour-guides.
Prof. Dr. Wolfram Burgard, [email protected] http://www.ics.forth.gr/tourbot
TOURBOT - Interactive Museum Tele-presence Through Robotic Avatars
TOURBOT System
Technical point of view
TOURBOT Kick-off MeetingEnvironment
Mobile Platform
Navigation SW
System AdministratorInformation and
Data Base
Remote User
On-site User
WWW
Off-boardWorkstation
Data Link
Platform bus
Wireless Link
ISDN Link
Processing& Control UnitTHEON
Sensors
FORTHUNIBONN
UNIFR
FHWUNIFR
UNIBONN
FHWUNIFR
UNIBONN
UNIBONNUNIFR
MUSBONBYZMUS
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TOURBOT - Interactive Museum Tele-presence Through Robotic Avatars
Problem: Avatar Navigation
Reactive navigation - Obstacle avoidance
Robot ModelSonars
Laser
Admissible
motion command
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TOURBOT - Interactive Museum Tele-presence Through Robotic Avatars
WP6: Avatar Navigation
Targeted navigation - Move to a point on-line path planning cooperation with obstacle avoidance module fast recovery when entire passages are blocked
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TOURBOT - Interactive Museum Tele-presence Through Robotic Avatars
TOURBOT Telepresence
allows individual accessand control
provides on-line images to a large set of users
presents high-resolution images
integrates multi-media information
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TOURBOT - Interactive Museum Tele-presence Through Robotic Avatars
WP4: Site Information
Map Building Completed.Robot Used (James)
James at work
BYZMUS
FHW
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TOURBOT - Interactive Museum Tele-presence Through Robotic Avatars
WP4: Site InformationC
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FHW
BY
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TOURBOT Deliverables
Del. Name Delivery (month)
D1 Project Presentation 4
D2 Dissemination and Use Plan 5
D3 Operational Requirements 6
D4 TOURBOT Design 6
D5 Site Information 9
D6 Robotic Platform Hardware 15
D7 Workstation Hardware / Communications 15
D8 TOURBOT Navigation 15
D9 TOURBOT Web Interface 15
D10 TOURBOT On-board Interface 15
D11 Hardware and Software Integration 20
D12 TOURBOT Validation 24
D13 Technological Implementation Plan 24
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TOURBOT - Interactive Museum Tele-presence Through Robotic Avatars
TOURBOT Workpackages
WP1 - Project Management WP2 - Dissemination and Implementation WP3 - Application Specification WP4 - Site Information WP5 - Hardware Configuration WP6 - Avatar Navigation WP7 - Interfaces WP8 - Integration WP9 - Assessment and Evaluation
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TOURBOT - Interactive Museum Tele-presence Through Robotic Avatars