Improvements in developed human-assisting robotic system

Abstract

HARSP project have been developing a network distributed Human-Assistance Robotic System since 2000 in order to improve care cost and ihe QoL of the elderly people in the population-aging society. We developed hardware base, key technologies, and implemented several CORBA application servers to provide some basic services to aid the aged or disabled Improvements of the developed system has been doing from a practical viewpoint. A novel method of localization of mobile robot by using WID system with a camera is proposed as it is inexpensive, flexible and easy to use in practical environment. A videolaudio conference system is also developed to improve the interaction among the users, switch robot manipulating privilege with the help of a centralized user management server, and enable a webuser to get a better understanding of what is going on in the local environment. Considering multiple user of the developed system, we have implemented multiple user interface that enable different user to control robot systems easily.